Skip to main content

Full text of "Julia C. Brown"

See other formats


1 



0 

*T1 

2 ! 

o 

> 

r 

CD 

c 

U) 

z 



u> 



□ 

n 

T3 

> 

30 

2 

m 

z 

H 

0 

■n 

u 

c 

(/> 

H 

o 

m 



*rr 

PI 

0 

PI 

3 ) 

> 

r 

m 

c 

33 

PI 

> 

C 

0 

n 

2 

< 



c 

z 

H 
m 
D 

W 

H 

> 

H 

n rn 

0) 0 

5 

> 

H 

0 

z 





be 

b7C 




RESOURCES CHARACTER EMPLOYMENT IDENTITY 



6-7-51 8:30am 



confIdiL 



TIAL SPECIAL REPORT 



THE CLEVELAND RETAIL CREDIT MEN'S CO. 

CREDIT BUREAU OF CLEVELAND, INC. 

500 national city — east sixth bldg. Originally compiled 8-17-50 



REPORT ON 



Brown 



Curlee 



L. 



Julia Harris Brice 



(SURNAME) 



(FIRST NAME) 



(MIDDLE NAME OR INITIAL) 



(WIFE'S OR HUSBAND'S NAME) 



RESIDENCE 



3196 E. 123rd St. 



Cleveland 



Ohio 



(CITY) 



(STATE) 



1. Applicant known in our files 


1930 


2. Applicant has resided at this address 


3 yrs. n*. greater part lifetime 


3. Type of residence and neighborhood 


3 family frame - fair section - Negroid section 


4. Applicant considered a permanent resident _ 


....... Moving often 


5. Former residence addresses 


3601 E.lljiith St.;8U09 Quincy Ave. 


6. Age _ Date of Birth 


years Single Married 2C Separated Widowed THvnrred 


7. Number of denehdenLs • 


wife only - has 2 grown children 



9 Name and address of employer or business 


see remarks 


10. Size and tyDe of business 


see remarks 


11. Employer’s opinion 


verified «*.*. yes 


12. Previous employer, position >and how long 


se.e remarks 


t , » 

^ ' * ** 

13. How, regarded as to character. 


'5- * 

f 

nothing, adverse learned v 


14. Domestic history * 


see remarks - w " ■ 1 .. 


15. Remarks . *■. ’> ■ *• ' * . * v t * 


seer remarks *. • ** - ; *> • • 






16. Approximate income 


* * * 
averages, $150.00 per week ‘gross , • • ■ 


17. Income steady arid permanent 


yes — good ; ^ *; -r <5 


18. Earnings of wife or others in household 


none reported ~ : ^ ~ : ~ ~“\ ~ 


19. Income from other sources 


$96.00 per month rental income - above propertv 


• 

20. Applicant rents • ■ - ' 


* # 


21. Location of real estate 5 owned 


owns property at captioned address 


22. Mortgages or' encumbrances 


'reported mortgaged to Cleveland Trust- 1 - Go. "$3.000. 00 ■ 


23. Other property or tangible assets 


personal effects, household effects, bank account, auto 


24. Bank reference J 


local bank 


25. Financially involved 


not at the' present' time • 



CREDIT RECORD AND REMARKS: 



Type of 


; How Long 


Lease or 


Credit 


Business 


Sold 


j Open Acct. ; , 


Recent High 


Furrier 


19U8 , 


1 lease * 


22U.00 


Furniture 


19U6 ■ 


open" 


■ 19.00 


Clothing 


19U5 ■ 


lease 


78.00 


Furniture 


19V? 1 


lease 


153.00 



_ PAYING HABITS 

/ * : \ 

Specify 30. 60, 90 days, etc. 

as agreed 
30 days • 

" as agreed" 

. as agreed 



Now* 

Owes 



-o- 

- 0 -* 

- 0 - 

- 0 - 



Amount Past Due 
. and How Long 



-Over- 



&£GLASS?~?izz) 

atpftr 

■ to subscriber's request for same. 




Form 3X5 



• The confidential information given in this report is^ in answer to subscriber’s /equestTor same. This report is given 

as an aid in determining^ the propriety of extending credit 3 , or the value or condition of an existing credit or as an aid to 
the subscriber in conducting the subscriber’s business and is based upon information obtained from sources deemed reliable, 
the accuracy of which, however, is in no manner guaranteed. The subscriber, in ordering and accepting this report, agrees 
to hold same in STRICT CONFIDENCE for his own exclusive use, never to be communicated ; to be personally responsible 
for any damages arising from a violation of any of the above provisions and waives any claim for any loss that may occur 
directly or indirectly from this report. 



Remarks 



- 2 - 



Credit record maintained on Brown in file since 1930, which up to 19l)3 
the record had been generally slow consisting of inquiries, several collection 
items which were turned over to this bureau and which have been paid. From 
19U3 to date, the record has been 'of a satisfactory' nature with contract accounts 
as agreed, with open accounts paicf on a 30 day basis. No items of a detrimental 
or legal nature appear in our file's. Most recent pay habit ’will be shown under 
heading of Credit Record. ’ ‘ 

Subject was formerly married to one Miss Viola Love, however, was divorced in 1938 
and in 19l)2 they lived together in common-law association and in 1914). divorce 
action was filed, which in reality was an annulment to force division ofl property. 

On 6 -8-I4U while annulment proceedings were still pending, the former Mrs. Brown was married 
to Albert D. Smith and the annulment was dismissed on 10-18-1914). She and Smith bought 
Brown's interest in the property. 

1, - 

Under date of 5-20-1914). Curlee Brown and Julia Brice were married. She was married 
twice before, having been divorced from a party by the >name of Harris and a party 
by the name of Brice. 

Subject has been in the employ of the Kelley Creek Colliery Company for the past 16 years 
as a truck driver and he uses his own truck, a Chevrolet which is free and clear 
of encumbrances. His salary frqm this job. is $65 . 00 per week. He also does 
private hauling on the side for the Sar a Lee Mayonnaise Company and for several 
different companies. His income is reported at $150.00 to $200.00 per week gross. 

Subject carries $1,000.00 in life insurance with the Metropolitan Life Insurance 
Company and has a $500.00 policywwith the Continental Life Insurance Company and 
banks locally. He owns and operates a 1937 LaSalle Sedan which is free and clear 
of encumbrances . 

^ V. * 

Your subject is an American Negro.. 



Latest Addresses appearing on record are: 
3196 E. 123rd St.j . - - . 

3601 E.ll)l)th St.j 
81)0 9 Quincy Ave. j 

3601 B.lUUth St. ■ • . 



r© Returned 



Deaeria tien: 

J_ 



W/ 7 



wHe N*. 



<Sv/l ^*=^ 

*4^ 

i 






Yes ( ) 

No f^O 




t 



\Hv 



t IflOvfi., & Jtr cD 
jjjvu ^vO utfi' 

-^U) /^/ ^ 

wy wjf QJUU 'vL, 'TlUtL $ 

1 AW fltJai/L (XAllr^i ls > > rijii. L 



tyljL QfrM- Um^ 
u jWLf, fau u)$ a*. L 



m U)jJX tysu iyu 



' ■% ^ 
lUtM MJc 



dci^uU 




<Ur M. /4t Ou^hj^ 
\ 6 $ OlAtf 



? WwOt M iwJmMj t v 

wct*u;^ ^oJu, ^ ^ Nf 



W- fcJ 

!rW ^.ifr- <k ?. 1 



t 



(WlM 



yux 




(oUfr~ 



Wit 







Wtjy 3g 






(V^ ^ uacL^l&yyvt 



W Id* 



U i m 



p^p 0 ^ vnct^ U 
$0' ^ krAl^ 





tow 



iUl 

dS ikr 

1/V^‘ A\/yyr 







I 



V 



'fftsis of contri 



Mo 



£- ^^y/XxuZ^at/7^^. 




^^^sssS£SS^ HmBon &»•*<* 



Mm 



K -*S'/ r ?<o 




* i 




IIU|||U|M/VimiHmHIHtlltltlllHtMlH|AtlA«HtHHIII|nMllllMHMitHllftltlMHIItiitHlllltiri1tHtllllHhllHIIIIMtHit 



\/m fmtim 

National Exec. Secy. 

National Office: 

23 West 26 Street 
New York ID, N. I 



IHntftHHHHUniMIIIMHMiUOlrtltlMHIItiitHlI 

W/ 

i / + year., 







Chapter Secret 



MkDues^l pet year 




,0a- III-***/? )3 

-I P3 



Cleveland, Ohio 
June 7/ 1951 



MEMO; SAC 



MRS, JULIA BROWN . 
Brown 



/do- 7 if- ass'? 

/O0-S7- ^-7 
aka Mrs, Curlee 



Re Memo of SA | 12/21/50, entitled FRIEDA KATZ. IS-C 
(100-251-906) reflecting that on December 10, 1950 Mrs, JULIA BROWN, 5196 
East 123 Street, Telephone ID 1-7821, voluntarily appeared at the Cleveland 
Office and furnished infoimation regarding Communist Party members she had 
known when she herself was a member of the CP in Cleveland, 1947 to 1948, 

Mrs, BROWN was recontacted at her residence on June 2, 1951, at 
which time she furnished additional information regarding EUGENE BAIER, OSCAR 
DENNIS, et, al., which is being made the subject os separate memoranda. 

It is suggested that a new 66 file be opened for Mrs, BROWN 
and that contact be maintained with her to determine whether she can be 
considered ad I 



EBB:pjf 

66 - 





DIRECTOR* FBI 
? sac* Cleveland 

Mrs* JULIA FORTSCp BROSN^ 
nee Julia Fortson ^ X 

aka Mrs.. Curled Krovro* Mrs* Edwai^d, Harsfis* 
Mrs* Jack Latimdrv Mrs. Fred Bric& 



June 27* 1951 
AMSD 




Mrs. JULIA FORTSON BROT* 3196 East 23rd Street* Cleveland* 
voluntarily appeared at the Cleveland Office on December 10* 1950, aiid 
stated she had joined the CP in 19147 in Cleveland because she thought 
the Party "was the answer to the Problem of racial discrimination* She 
stated that she was active in the CP in Cleveland through the' summer of 
19^8 'Until she began to see the true purpose, of the Party and then 
stopped attending CP affairs* 

According to Mrs* BRCJFJN, JOSEPH HILL* CP member who was 
representing ALBERT JQUNG, a 'former member of the Ohio. State CP 
committee* then running for Councilman in his Hard* approached her in 
the summer of 19U7 requesting permission to place a poster about XOURG 
on her front porch*. Mrs* BROWN stated that she then became interested 
in- politics and Was visited by JOSEPH HILL, on several occasions there- 
after and attended a few political rallies on behhlf of ALBERT - I0U1TC* - 

She- was' subsequently visited by FRIEDA KATZ* Organisation * 
Secretary* .Cuyahoga County CP* and was invited to several parties held 
at the h6me of FRIEDA KATZ* At one of these parties* about Christmas 
of 1 9k*Ia Mrs. BROWN signed an application for membership in the CP 
while in the home of FRIEDA KATZ*- 3 692 East llidth Street* Cleveland. 

Mrs. BRGS3N stated that she subsequently attended a number 
of CP meetings and in the spring of 19U8 attended a meeting at the 
Croatian Hall* 63 rd and St* Clair Avenue* Cleveland* at which GUS HALL 
was the principal speaker. She stated that a regular membership card 
for the CP had been issued to her but that, she had destroyed it after 
she decided to leave the Party in the summer of 19148. 

Mrs* BROWN was reinterviewed on June 2* 1951* and furnished 




^ V 



r 





DIHKOTCE, FBI 



Ht*. Pleasant Section, Cleveland, and volunteered to endeavor to obtain 
further information’ and to re-establish her contact Tilth Party members with 
•whom she. was acquainted* 

On June 8,. 19 3>1* Mrs. ERQS7U submitted a written report regarding the 
Communist antlv iMaa nfl 
CP members, andj 



CP organizer* 



On June 9, 19E>1, Mrs* BR0T7IT submitted a written report regarding a 
meeting of the Cleveland comtnittae for Amor at Understanding which 
she attandad nt fha •mg-irjr>nr»^ nfi | | which meeting was addressed by 



CP members who* recently returned from, a 



be . 

b7C 



| — ’ * ■» v tt**v a f yyuAitwM ViU' W* 

trip to Europe and the Soviet Union* The meeting was attended by approximately 
fifty persons and nine CP members were identified by Mrs* BROS!!* 



On Juris' 16, 19f?l, Mrs. BROSH submitted a written report reflecting, V 
among other information, that she had been recruited into the CP by FRIEDA KATZ, 
had paid fifty Cents CP dues, received CP literature, and was further informed 
by FRIEDA KATZ that she would receive instructions through] 

Secretary, CP Ht,. Pleasant Section. 



'On June 2ri, 3.?5>lg Mrs# BRQNtT attended and verbally* reported on a . 
Banquet and Testimonial in honor of GUS RAIL and sponsored by the Cleveland 
Committee to defend the. Constitution, held at the East Side Hungarian Hall, 
Cleveland. Approximately one hundred seventy-five persons were present. , 
"Peace Bonds?* were sold and a total of approximately #2,000* was collected. 
Mrs. BR01U was able to identify approximately twenty of the CP members who 
\were present at this meeting. 

‘ 

Mrs. BROWN has stated that she was recently visited b yl 

|and invited to attend, as an observer, the "American Peoples Congress 

and Exposition for -Peace" sponsored by the American Peace Crusade, to be 
held in Chicago, Illinois, June 29, 30, ,and July!, 19*?1, and that she 
planned to attend this affair * : 



BACKGROUND 

Mrs'. BROWN stated that she was bom January 11, 1898, at Atlanta, 
Georgia, the daughter Of OSCAR FORTSON,.’ deceased, and HAHALIE ARNETT or ' 
GIBSON, deceased*. She attended and graduated from the Spellman Seminary, a 



■: ■ - 2 - 





DIRECTOR* RBI 



Baptist. High. School* in Atlanta*- Georgia* 

* 1 * *r 

Ip 1916 she left Atlanta and resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania* 
pith an uncle for about two years* returning to Atlanta in 1918 when her 
father died* She pent to Philadelphia and Married EDWARD HARRIS pad subsequently 
resided at Nashville, 'North Carolina; Charlotte, liorth Carolina^ Richmond* 
Virginia; and Detroit, Michigan* She indicated that she divorced ED3ARD HARRIS 1 
and parried JACK MTXMERiat Atlanta, Georgia, and subsequently resided - - 

at Jacksonville, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois* 'She Pas divorced from JACK 
LATIMER and in 1939 parried FEED BRlCE^in Chicago, Illinois, and divorced hip' 
in^l9i|0* In 1944 she married her present husband, CURLEE BROWN, /in Cleveland, 
Ohio* Mrs* 'BROWN stated that. she has no children by any of her marriages* 

i 4 The: Cleveland indices contain no information regarding Mrs* BRONN* 

Y OHRLEE BROWN, 29 hi East 72nd Street, according to the Cleveland Press newspaper 
September 12,. 19U0, was listed as a. signor of a CP petition filed with the 
• Board of Elections* A Cleveland Police Department report of January 18, 1948, 

4 reflects that an automobile bearing Ohio license W $ 63 ? listed, to CUHLEE BR07/N, 
3601'- East lhhth Street, was observed in tbs vicinity of the Benin Memorial 
meeting on January 18, 1948, at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, at which 
T/ILLIA?! Z* FOSTER' was the featured speaker*-- 

f Cleveland confidential Informants have advised that Mrs* BROWN is 

not. known to them. The records of the Cleveland Police Department and 
i Cuyahoga County Sheriff ts Office contain no information regarding Mrs* BROWN* 

. Ihe records of the' Cleveland Police Deportment reflect only traffic violations 
for her husband*. GURLEE BROWN*. , , 

Records of the Cleveland Retail Credit Mens Company reflect that 
CURLED BROWN (wife, JULIA) has had a credit record since 1930. He is forty— 
tiine years of age, has. two grown children .and'is self^enployed as a, truck- 
driver,,, .averting $190* per week gross income. In addition, he has an income 
of $9$* per month from rent received from, his present property which he owns 
and which is mortgaged to the Cleveland Trust Gompony in the amount of 03,OOQ* . 

? , ■ ' CURLEE BRO'i’RI, according to. the credit records, has been in the 
employ of Kelley Creek Colliery Company , since 1934 nnd uses his own truck 
which" is free and clear of encumbrances* ,, He also does private hauling on the' ‘ 
side for the Car A Lee Mayonnaise Company, and for several different companies* 

He has a $1,000. life insurance policy with the Metropolitan Life Insurance 
Company and a 0900. life insurance policy with the Continental Life Insurance 
Company* He owns and operates a 1937 LaSalle Sedan which is free and clear 
of encumbrances* , 




-W. >*■ *i“ 





DIRECTORS, FBI 

A neighborhood investigation of Krs. BRCOTwas not made for 
■ security reasons, inasmuch as her immediate neighbors are CP members* 

Mrs.* BRCPT has been compensated in the amount of for reports 
submitted by her to date, including her expenditures for CP literature, Party 
Peace Bond, and tickets of admission to CP affairs, under authority of the 
SAC to pay for information of "valuer ", 

t ' 

, . Bureau authorisation is requested to continue contacts with Mrs* BROT 

I J and corp&ns&te 

her in the amount of $10.* per report,, not- to exceed OkO* per month* for the n&ct 
three .months* • ' 



^ Bureau authorisation is also requested to compensate Frs. BROJS for 
expenses in connection T/ith her planned trip to the * American Peoples Congress' 
and Exposition forPeaoe", dune 29, 30, and July Ij 1951. Xt is estimated 
that the expenses of this trip will sot exceed 060* 



The following is a description of lire* JULIA FORTS©! ERG3IT; 



Races 

Sex? 

Bom? 



Height: • 
T/eight? . 
Eyes? 

Hair? 

. Appearance? 
Residence? . 
Phone? 
Occupation? 
Husband? 
Religion? 



Negro 

Female * 

January 11, 1898, Atlanta, Georgia * 
(carries date of birth as Jahuary 11, 
1905, on insurance) 

P h n • 

138 pounds 

Brown (wears reading glasses) 
Gray-black (uses artificial blue tint) 
Neat, personable, intelligent 
3i96 East 123rd Street, Cleveland 
ED 1-7821 
Housewife . , 

CURLEE BROIM 

attends St* Andrews Episcopal Church 





b2 











BBI WASH DC (U1 7-5im AS 

SAC CLEVELAND URGENT 

JULIA FORTSSON (OR FORTSON) BROM ; iEUHLET JUNE TWENTY- 

SEVEN LAST. BUFUES PRESENTLY BEING REVIEWED RE BROWN, AND RESULTS T7ILL 
BE FURNISHED YOUR OFFICE AS SCON AS POSSIBLE. IN MEANTIME AUTHORITY 
GTANTED TO CONTIipE CONTACT TOTH HER AND TO PAY HER UP TO TEN DOLLARS 
PER REPORT NOT TO EECEED FORTY DOLLARS PER MONTH ON STRICT C.O.D. BASIS. 
PR ATTENDANCE AT PEACE CONFERENCE IS NOT DESIRED INASMUCH AS SUFFICIENT 
COVERAGE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED. USE CAUTION NOT A PLANT. 



b2 

be 

h7C 



ADVISE HER NOT TO CONSIDER HERSELF BUREAU EMPLOYEE AND THAT SHE MUST 





STANDARD FORM NO. 64 





• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 




Bebutel July 2, 1951* 

Bureau files contain no identifiable information 
of a subversive type re captioned individuals 




DIRECTOR, FBI ' 
SAC, CLEVELAND 



August 9, 19$1 • 



CONFMEriTIAL 



OWN. . 




• ■ /• •: 



Rebutel 7-2-&L and buiet 7-ll-Sl. - . ' 

7, / , i ’ ; 1 .. ~ • ■ 

. jjlLlA BR(jf!3N | | She has . been 

advised nd;t to qonsiuer nerseir a Bureau employee and that her 
cooperation with, this' office must be maintained in strict ! 
confidence. r -• . ’ ' " ' ' • . 

. /• ! jr v v. , v\U- 

EBS'ambr ; ■ - ■. 

66 ^ 3 $ Sub 2^1 ' ' - " ' ■■ ■ ' “ /■- 

>!, ' i •/ •/. • • ; , • ' - ■ - '• ' 

:-V. • /.I ■' , .. • ; ^ 

■ •. =■/• I . „■'• ••• - .• 



h. v 










fa: 1 



# 



m 



66-35-sub 264 



900 Standard Building 
Cleveland 13, Ohio 



September 10, 1951 



C O N FAI D E N T I A L 



Director^ EBI 




Dear Sir;:. ' „ J,/' ; , '• ; ■ ' ; , ■!. 

Remylet 6/27/51 and Butel 7/3/51 authorizing payment to[ 
up to §10 per. report, not to exceed MO per. month, on a strict c.o 
•basis, V' , ' .. - 



Since July 2, 1951,1 [has submitted a total of five written 

and seven verbal reports "concerning the activity of numerous Communist 
Party functionaries and members active in ‘the Cleveland Peace Crusade; the 
Cleveland Independent Committee for MARIE REED HAUG, a candidate for ‘die 
Cleveland Board of Education; the Progressive Party; the Young Progressives;- 
and the UEv , ’ ; - ‘ • • • / . ' ' - , 

I has on several occasions worked as a volunteer on the MUG 
campaign at the UE office in Cleveland and recently ,has' been furnished with 
,a list of names! of Communist Party members and symp athisers whom she is to 
contact for contributions to the. Progressive . Party, I I has indicated 

that she usually receives invitations to attend several front group meetings 
each week and would be willing to do so*- ' . : . 

ifo.e quality of Reports has improved and her circle of. 

contacts among Communist Par ty member s has increased. It is, therefore, 
recommended that; • payments tol |in the amount of §10 per report, not to 

exceed §60 per month, be authorized for a threermopth period beginning on 
September 15, 1951. • . •: - 



JCMSSIITED BYi5 



EBBsCGP . ' 

66-»35-sub 264 






/'J « 






P 






<T- 



•> , , 



# 



* 



Director. EBI 



informant for actual incidental expenses Incurred in obtaining and handling! 
information such, as postage, ^telephone Calls,! and Coimimnist Party, contribu- 
tions.* ‘ ■ 

11 - , ,, * , ' 1 J 1 l ^ 

. ' 1 7ery truly yours^ ■ ' ” - ,> 




R. J, ABBA.TIGCHIO JR. 
Special Agents in Charge 



r „ 



«’ ^ - 



- 2 '-' 







Based upon the personal recommendation contained^ your 
letter of September 10, 1951, approval is granted to pay Brbrni at 
the rate of $10 per report, not to exceed $60 per month plus actual 
expenses incurred for a period of three months, effective September 15, 
1951* 




i 



ATTACH TICKET HERE 



the watch that times your flight 




official watch of Capital Airlines 

Accurate . . . precise . . . modern as tomorrow . . . 

‘ styled for the years ahead ... and enduring through 
lifetime. Choose from the wide selection of G-P watches 

for men and women. Prices from $45. At leading 

' * 

jewelers throughout the world. jAr. Graef, Inc., 
v'' 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20. 

f 

▼, Illustrated: Gyromatic.® From $65 




#\ * A(\ 

'*W/ / 

'ktW 

***** t 






'fa/ -fl/r/ines^z. 






; ' ■ " ’ ft -- 



Ob <sr*0a? to an? SdQ-b ©a? dl^jsoO ®d atotsO^, © 



'KMgO @M©a? case Usee to W (uftasOse i-sag? © 
‘'Sr^aaitECQ teb Gs gisBaaapy dbs patofc fife® 
(#^{b aSpscu ffito eaicfta? Uses to @ ffifeGoe 
(■EfasQ ife gaiDEft; Ba f&e saga 

6q 0833(?<fedl feir ste tWte. 



For Your Protection 

We recommend that your baggage be plainly marked with your 
name and home address. Should you lose your claim check, 
this will enable us to locate your property. 

Fragile Articles in Baggage 

Liquids and all fragile articles such as cameras, portable radios, etc., 
are carried at the risk of the passenger and no claims will be 
considered for damage to or by such articles when they form 
part of the contents of checked baggage. 

Baggage Allowance 

40 pounds free baggage is allowed foreach passenger. All 
baggage must be weighed including brief cases, hat boxes and 




cosmetic cases whether they are checked or carried aboard 
by the passenger. 

All passenger baggage is accepted subject to tariff limitations. 

The liability of the company for baggage whether checked or 
delivered to the custody of the company shall be limited to $100,00 
unless higher value is declared and the additional charges paid. 



ATTACH BAGGAGE CHECK HERE 



JNVltHNO 



ajziHOHinv 



. / 1M3H iiOdM\> 





ono«$Hnuo m 
JOJHOlH^r AHOMH 



r i 



ey 



vvyvvvvvi 

✓W*K 

/mwvvvvv) 

/vrmr 













^iniAH0H3flN1H 
iJIiAJHnf 



Khoiskim muii 



Th(M 55NI)J 'JUO KOiHHOf 



■Poumwito 

JmraiHtt 







HMft mi* 



>09WfH) 






Nlnotw 'MVN19YJ 'io 

aomHPm^HOistgJ 



SPACE TO . . . 




FOR RETURN FLIGHT INFORMATION , PHONE. 



.ON ARRIVAL 








# 



900 Standard Building, 
Cleveland 13, Ohio 



AIR MAIL SPECIAL, DELIVER! 

1 comfAmtial 

: October 20, lg5l 



Director’, FBI 



Re: JULIA FQBTSON BR07/N 



b 2 



[ 



Dear Sir,- . ' * ' - t '• ' . 

Eeuyleb g-10-51 and Bulet 9-18-51 approving payment to DROWN 
at the rate of $10 per report, nbt’ to exceed $60 per month, plus actual 
expenses incurred for a' period of three months effective September 15, 
1951. ■ 

_ Since September 15," 1951, the volume of reports submitted by •' 
J.S increa sed and av erages several reports each week regarding 



various meetings . | | was selected by the Communist Parly as one of 

/our Negro women delegates to attend the recent "Sojourn for Truth and-. 
Justice” to Washington, D.C. and submitted' det ail eri -cnroprah&ifi l vh in- ■ 

no- j bti Ulj: -l* Lti.' 'j-jl. 3_j I 



. formation regarding the. three-day "Sojourn” which she attended. 

'has spent many hours preparing campaign material in connection with, the 
, candidacy of MARIE MARIE ■ HAUG , CP member and candidate for the Cleve- 
7 land Board of Education, and has made her home available oh numerous 
occasions fpr work on the campaign by CP members. She has. been urged 
to allow her par to be equipped with .a -loud speaker for use in the 1 > 
'campaign. * ' . . . 



BROWN has been -selected by the CP as ,a. delegate to attend the 
CP Sponsored Founding* Convention of the National Negro Labor Council in 
Cincinnati October 27 and 28, 1951, and has been utilized as a speaker 
by" the CP in the, organization ’of local affiliates of the "Sojourn for 
Truth and Justice.” ... 



BROWN? s prestige in the Party has .. substant ially increased 



It is therefore recommended that payments tof 



|in the amount of 

$10 per report* not to exceed $100 per month, plus actual expenses 
incurred, be authorized for a three months period beginning November 1, 
1951. b' 



DECLASSIFIED Bz SS&Z 

m, 



I: 






EBB: as • 
66-35 Sub 26b. 



Very truly yours, 

PAUL J . SHIH^ . 
Special Agent in Charge 

- lb ( 






L 



900 St andard Building 
Cleveland 13, Ohio 



October 2k, 1931 

coN^hmiAL 



SAC, Chicago 



Dear Sir: 



Re: JULIA' FORTSON BR0I7 

, SECURITY ■> 3UF0RIAKI 




l hae advised that one ETHEL FOHTSON FUQUA, neeBfchel 
Fortson, aka Mrs. - Herbert Jackson, Mrs. Irvin Fuqua, a sister of in- ’ 

„■ formant,, resides at 3lil6 South Parkway, Apartment 2, North , Chicago, 
Illinois » Mrs & FUQUA is a 'wid ow* She attended the recent Chicago 
Peace Conference With ! | is acquain ted with a number of Communists ; 

in ; Chicago, and has Indicated to | |that a, former resident at her 
home, received the »Daily Worker” « ' ; 

' / • Recently ink’s* FUQUA Visited l I i n Cleveland and att ended 

a number of meetings of CP front activities with | | She told | 

that she thinks' the CP .is "trying -tor put the Negro up as a screen’ 1 and 
otherwise indicated that she was. not in sgrapathy with the OP. > 

; It'is requested that this office be advised of any known op ; 

activity on the part of Mrs. FUQUA# , It is also suggested that you may 
wish to contact Mrs. FUQ UA, for any information in her possession regarding 
CP a ctivitie s ip Chioago J 1 has stated that Mrs. ; FUQUA is not aware, 

. " thaia is an informant. . ‘ . . . 



Very truly yours. 






Paul J* Shine 
Special Agent in- Charge 



EBB: AO 

66-33 Sub 26U 




RECLASSIFIED B Y Of^VL 

i “ 

DIT_ (r> — „ 

<54 V 



standard form no. 64 



Office ItAemorandum • united states government 



SUBJECT: 



SAC, CLEVELAND (66-35) 
SAC, CHIGAGO >• . 



date: October 1 30/ 1.951 



.TTTTTA RORTSOWBROT M ^ , *1’ fi .\ j <- * ' 

SECURITY INFORMANT | | 

Reurlet 10/2l*/,f£u , \ ■ v“l- • 

Chicago indices negative on Ethel Fort son Fuqua, nee Eth,el 
Fortson, aka Mrs*. Herbert Jackson, Mrs.. Irvin -Fuqua, 51tf.6 
South Parkway, apartment 2,' North Chicago* . \ 



DTjBJE 

66-3873 






20 -' 



0et ?Ul9BV ' 







to : SAC, Cleveland (66-35-264) 




= Director, FBI (10Cu38a07) 



SUBJECT: JHUA FOHISd BRO W 
SECDRIH MF0M1II| 



date: October 31, 1951 
PERSONAL ATTENTION . 



Based upon the personal recommendation contained 
In your letter of October 20, 1951, approval is granted to pay 
Brown at an increased rate in the amount of $10 per report, not 
to exceed $100 per month, plus actual expenses incurred, for a 
period of three months, effective November 1, 1951* 



at woaiiesssflaira) : . ' L * 2 H 




m m 1 %) st u*m 

a ., -J r, ; .CL ;, .. / -o \9 © W. natt 0/ 




y <d ii'-i ib/gTO&$ 



TO FOLIO- 



9 C'ftroati (£/~ 

m V44033 



Memo 



Date 



Explanation Charges 




Bal Due 




7.80 



EVERY APPOINTMENT OF T'tfTS LUXURIOUS HOTEL IS PROMPTED BY A DESIRE TO PROVIDE PERFECT i-3Slf balance IS arTTOUn^^Qe ^ 
HOME-LIKE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE TO OUR GUESTS. WE SHALL WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS UflleSS OCM/W/Se maiCmWLp 
THAT WILL MAKE YOUR FUTURE VISITS AT THE NEJHERLAHD PLAZA MORE PLEASANT. Bills are payable When pi^eflted 

(f(, " ■? ^ <2 (a ~-/f Retain this receipt 
























V 




5 

o*t- *•*&**£■ 

Ail— ' 

•r #_ / . _ - 




"V. 



/* 



sT® 




&WU IKFOmmOS? €$3$AII3ED 
HEREttl XS imCLASSI^Ij^ - ^ 

ftftTttC G~2>Fi{r> nVc 




c3 








FD-36 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE 
DATE 08-16-2010 



Federal bureau of investigation 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 






C\j UD 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED F ROM : 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GU 
DATE 08 - 16-2010 , * W 



FBI CHICAGO 
SAC CLEVELAND 



[ll-20-Slj^ 




824.6 PM 



URGENT 



JULIA FORTSON BROWN 




REBUTEL TO CLEVELAND NOVEMBER NINE- 



TEEN LAST RE COVERAGE OF' PROGRESSIVE PARTY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 
IN CHICAGO NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR AID TWENTYFTVE NEXT. CLEVELAND 



REQUESTED TO ALERT 




TO REPORT INFO OF IMPORTENCE COMING TO 



HER ATTENTION AT AFOREMENTIONED CONFERENCE TO S 
OF CHICAGO OFFICE. 




END ACK PLS . . , 
OK FBI CV RWC 
TU DISC 

[ U) 



typed ji; I-21-£y <by/ rwc 

{Recoded 11 - 20 ]^/^ 00 PM by rwc 
(U) 




r CL^SiFl|^^Sr 



3cT- SzJlr 

^TT y. * 



SEARCHED.J^^INDEXED.. 
SERlALIZEDX^-FlLgn A 

C ^ / 2 1 1951 1 

FBI » CLEVELAND 't 



M 1 



^WWKHBill 

ffitoisURCimiF 



mm 



n) 



6 JuJl- o( 



jitMts 















ID-36 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROH: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE 
DATE 08-16-2010 



f FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATlKF 
UNITED STATES DEPABTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: 



EAU AND WFO 



FBI CLEVELAND 



DIRECTOR, FBI AND WFO 



^1.2-5-51 

URGENT 




AND SHOWING OF POLISH FI IMS DEC. SEVEN NEXT SEVEN PM AT POLISH EMBASSY, TWO SIX 
FOUR ZERO -SIXTEENTH ST. N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. INFORMANT ALSO TO 
RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS RE OBTAINING POLISH [fIIMS FOR PRIVATE SHOWING IN 
CLEVELAND FROM MAN INFORMANT WOULD MEET AT EMBASSY. INFORMANT A DVISiSD 
BY | | 0F CRC TO CONTACT AND STAY AT RESIDENCE OF | 

| WHILE IN WASHINGTON. BUREAU 

REQUESTED TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF ACTUAL EXPENSES OF INFORMANTS 
TRIP. ■ ABOVE FOR INFO WASHINGTON FIELD. 

SHINE- 



EBB: EMM 
66-3§^SubJ£ 64 

[cODBBpI REV 



CLASS? 

iDECLAi 







Approved: m Sent & 

Special Agent in Charge 



-3 



M Per ^ 



IC-3S 






g|pjS^gg[f 

£1$ Ii:ixe^^ 

IItj ' ^ i£* "}i%xi ; 

‘■':T &.* 'X-*L ; ?-'-^~ ’ l V j -„^f- ? ‘p f >; >,/"'- \ >uv >’■ ; ,£ & .. 

-v ' ' -'"^' « V", "j- *' “V -'1*;' ^ fjl J* 1 ' ’& I ‘> i . ;.C' ; \ -/ - u \s*\ V- f < •?/" ‘ ,' t X'; 'i ' 






irj^ '-’ ■ 



V *.'•" '®£X '' !S ~ >'•&-"$ ' ;l -' 1* ’ ’$ 0 



v- .-FB! K 






** . : v -y , : ;• - % - . rv ; v y . ; T -.. ^;- --_ ; v ;■ 



jjf 



£*\*$aasif | ; jm|^.pQi^| £^ vi^PW#- MgwtEpk qf~ al® .vi^| ; l..'i 

Si $f£Hj i:SHpto { $£' •MpbwafOp^‘^i^» *|u^? ' v 

H\> '■,', , '/-. .- ‘ . , I ii iii iii ii F 3 ,'," „,. 1 ’,: .4^ ^ , v '>' - ’- 1 ' a !'i , ' , ~o <*V g * 1 i'-, ’ •■'* s s, if .-. ' - > ^ -, -s^ . . r *i-; 

( „ i i 1 f i i i i ^ 1 1 1 ■ A r — 1 nK -- -.; .. - ■>>- v>. v- 



'- XX: X'i^XX: -y*-. 'i„" wi'S.^ ;*. 4 ;i£v.-J - -V" * iL- 






SS 



|EA5CHER-w,li.A...waMPEXED^ 






lllili 



Cleveland, Ohio' 
December lU* 1951 



There is attached hereto the expense account of | 
covering the follov/ing periods: 

November 17 thru December 10, 1951 $ 

December 7-8, 1951 

(Trip to Washington, D.C. 
in re Polish Embassy) 



28.01 

59.95 





EBB: AO 

66-35 Sub 26 i; 



ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED . ' 

HEREIN IS UHGLASSlFpP 
Date 



ee^Hg§ffi»ta^iNBS{Ee. <Jw 

DKG 14 1951 

FBI - CLEVELAND 






DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION G UID E 
DATE 08-16-2010 



li 

V 1 "TED; 



H 

(T ^ 



V'TEDERAL bureau of investigation 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to"; BUREAU 

MIAMI 



DIRECTOR FBI AND SAC MI AMI ^ 

FBI CLEVELAND 'J^ m ^WVflhQTtoBta»n~Z k Q 



SEC. INFT. 
LEAD BY I 



URGENT 




NATIONWIDE DELEGATION 



SOJOURN FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE, 



TO MIMS, FLORIDA FOR FUNERAL MRS. HARRY MOORE, "WIFE MURDERED 
NAACP LEADER, FLORIDA SCHEDULED TO MEET JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 
AIRPORT SEVEN AM, JANUARY EIGHT NEXT, AND WILL PROCEED MIMS, 
FLORIDA FOR FUNERAL ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH LATER SAME DAY. 
INFT. ADVISED DELEGATION TO VISIT GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA 
WEDNESDAY NEXT PROTEST MURDER MOORE. SEVERAL CP MEMBERS, 

CRC AND SOJOURN FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE LEADERS, CLEVELAND 



HAVE DESIGNATED 



CLEVELAND 



DELEGATE TO FUNERAL AND TO SEE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA AND HAVE 
COLLECTED SEVENTYSIX DOLLARS TOWARD THIS TRIP, WITH MORE TO 
COME. TIME DID NOT PERMIT CONTACT BUREAU PRIOR TO INFe-S 
SELECTION AS DELEGATE. IN VIEW BUREAUS INTEREST THIS CASE 
AND BECAUSE OF TIME LIMITATION, INFT. AUTHORIZED TO MAKE TRIP 
AND ADVISED EXPENSES BEYOND AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED BY GROUP WOULD 



BE DEFRAYED BY THIS OFFICE. 



SHINE 



€LA$Sf 

:DECLAi 



asea 



CC: f . Sojourn for Truth and Justice (100-200 ) 

Approved : 100-17261 S ent 1 

Special Agent in Charge '“1 



Per 






900 Standard Building 
Cleveland 13 , Ohio 



January 195? 



CON? > !S(ENTIA.L 



Director, FBI (100-382107) 



JULIA. FDETSON BROW 
SEGURIIX INFORMANT 




Dear Sir:' ■ r , - . " - 

. — ‘ 'i. Se^riet 10-20-51 and Bulet IOr31-5l. approving payments to 

I |at the rate of $10.00 per report, not to exceed $100.00 per 

.month, plus actuaiexpenses incurred, for a periodof three months,, 
terminating February 1, 1952. . • ‘ - ■' / 5 / • ,V f 

5 Since submission of nylet, informant has continued' to increase 

her volume of reports and submits- on the average of 12 to. 15 reports per 
month. These reports are 1 oral., at present, although informant, has in. the- 
past submitted spine written reports. It is obvious that siting is - 
difficult for informant and written reports tend to omit many pertitteht 
details, re activities covered.. Also, in view of the volime of activity 
covered, it appears, that writing eVerv report, in view, of i nformants 
lack of formal education, would, be a burden which ! b ight find 

insupportable. Informant. is, however, -being encouraged to prepare . 
written reports where feasible* ‘ " 



, | pas attended the Forming .Convention of . the .National 

Negro Labor Council in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Midwest Conference of,, : 
Progressive Party in Chicago, Illinois, aDinner and Showing of a Film 
at the Polish Embassy, Washington, D.C., and is 'tentatively considered . v 
as the authorized person to show Polish films in Cleveland. Informant 
tjbis past Week-end was sent to, Florida as Ohio representative of the 
Sojourn for Truth and Justice , at the request ofihe National Office, 

New Tork, of the "Sojourn 1 *, fpr the funeral of Mrs* MERI T. MOORE, wife of 
murdered Negro NAACP leader in Florida, , and called on. the Governor; of - 
Florida with the delegation protesting the., crime. . ? 

Jnforiiiant has also received numerous, publications recently * ' 
direct from the Soviet Enibassy, Washington, D.C. ' ' CCSLfi 



EMBsAO 













a y -is 



* 




Director* FBI 



„ ^ - - f : *'-y‘ - 1 ' * '"bi 

is active, in Cleveland in. the iTHLG, an officer in 

the Sojourn for Truth and Justice^ and active in the Progressive Party 
and the Ohio Bill of Bights Conference (CRC)* . : 



* \ 



, In vie*r of the abo ve, it is r ecomended that authority be granted 
to increase reimbursement to Ifco §12?.00 per month plus actual 

expenses incurred for a three (3) montk period, commencing February, 1, 1952 , 
contingent,. of conrse*. upon continuation of ; present activity. .. ' , • 



. Very tiuLy yours. 




PATJJL j* s m 
SAC „ 






■i 



t , 



£ 









m 



$00 Standard Building 
Cleveland 13, <Mo 




>EdLABS T V^ 

pL. 




; January 3J>, 1$52 

m&dtiBmsL 






Director* ~FBI 





te MMON RE. . .. 
■BOTES -OF MRR3T ?* HOOKE, ' 
.SCS, 510 8m) CTO. REMS . 



b2 

be 

b7C 



Bear Sir* 



- Remybel to Bureau and Eland 1-7-5-2 edne aiming captioned 
informants scheduled attendance at the funeral of m». .HAftHK F. JEDCRE* 

Mfe of .HAPvRf T. d!OORE, murdered lloridu leader Of 1IMCP, Idm3, Horfda,.' 
1-8-52 at St* : Jaded .Baptist Church, Sims, as a delegate from the Sojourners. 
fprfTutl i and Justice, Cleveland; ; . 



Jarrived at Sims, Florida, .at it?30 F.M., January &, 



1952, missing 'fee funeral of . Jars. tQQRB, due to poor plane cOnnecttonsfrom 
Atlanta, Georgia* Si an effort tolocate the delegation^ of -rihnm, nTifrtrmnrvj 

a. m ember. informant located 



1st. James Baptist Church* 

]advised 



Ithat the funera l delegati on had 



returned, to Jacksonville and that a lawyer by the name of | [from 

Jacksonville was. seed talking to the delegation; at the. funeral and could 
possibly'help locate the for ajkormant. ; / ' - 



During the. course ‘of the conversation, I 
fact ^at informaht is Negro* apparently 



— „ — ... ... — — a . . probably 

due to the fact that informant is Negro, apparently spoke quit© freely 
about the bombing and terrorism in Florida. ShO stated that she was a 
• very close friend to 2frs. MBJSt tnoSS (Ufflm) ‘ and Md visitedlier at • 
the hospital three, days before she died, At'that timeJIrs. IfJORE was , 
making plan® forreturning home to. her .work., 33? ®* HOOBB discusse d plans 



abont lej ting Sims' and going elsewhere to teach 



^advised 



SB 1 was feeling quite well; before her death and that 



that tSes. (HunrwH.^. 7 .W. *■ -gMMt.wiHr V'T ****“* ■WkVTMiVi* W »W > ViAMU 

the negroes felt that the hospital had given her the "blade bottle" meaning 
a kind of poison to "shut her mouth". - ' ’ • • ' 



SSBsAO " 

66-3$ Sub 26k 

fee. - Kiarai 
C 7 I4HJ 
OF 10Q-20Q73 



,Yv* 



m*'iwGmg£ v 
2m&W iS @38MS81FBB 
i3ATgOzQ3l6uBY« 




K 





Bifeetorj 



j&S. WOBEf according iq told her 

at the hospital that they {she and HAIPf hOQEE) had been getting threats 
(no elaboration)* She said Sirs. .SBDSE had a very good idea who the 
»bpmbers ?i were* Mrs. MOOES said the FBI had talked to her in the hospital 
about who she Suspected hub that she had refused to tell the EBI Agents*. 
She. Said she had> however; given WALTER iaiTE> National leader 6 t NMOPj . 
the name of the person' she believed was behind the oxime. (lUiEE had 
yiidted hsr at the hospital. ) ' ' , ; , ' 



was afraid to tell 
FBI Agents were- Ku 
impression fnomi 
.bediSvh the Police 
•are thus afraid td 
retaliation. . 



Jfurther advised that I saidHrs.. JIOORE 

the FBI who she suspected because phe thought the 
Hlux Slan ers. dormant stated she received adefinite 
r fchat the people of shims (IJegfbe.s at least) . 
end the P6X are . somehow connected with the KKK and 
tell that they know about this Case for fear of • ■ 



advised informant that she believes- some poor 
whites in lams were hired -to ‘hill KOORE by a person of persons whose • 
names Mrs. "#30K£ gave WALfBR .' ; ' - 

' . From her conversation with ! I informant advised ' 

’that the Negroes feel- that the Sheriff vho recently, shot the t wo Negro . 
Prisoner s vhlie transporting them is .connected, with this case, f I ■ 

m old the informant that this Sheriff had told MOORE to rt layo££ M . 
his • investigation of that shooting* ^Informant was unable to obtain, any 
farther details,. She said 'the Negroes are extremely' frightened and bitter 
about the bombing of '$!$5RE# ' ■ . • ’ - ■ - . - 

' “ M jrac&sony ilie J | met through "Lawyer^ r [ a family 

by the name of I Irelakves of xare. MCQRE* wh o gave her the name of ; 

I _ [ ahdse wife p rovided a 

room for informant.* iShile there informant talked td | . 

Secretary Of llAACPj iacksonvillej ?ho stated that the Sheriff accusecL of 
shooting the two Negro prisoners had located a vfoite prisoner who. told the 
Sheriff that he had heard the two Negro prisoners planning an escape while 
iti the 5ail* The NAAGP had rt hidden u a Negro woman as. ‘a n surprisew witness 
-in -the Negro prisoner shooting case. : 



STANDARD IjORM NO. 64 

Office Memandu, 



SUBJECT: 



I 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



0 : SAC, Cleveland (65-35-264) 

MM : director, FBI (100-38210?) 




DATE: January 24, 1952 



PERSONAL ATTENTION 



Based upon the personal recommendation contained in your 1 
letter of January 14, 1952 , authority is granted to pay informant at 
an increased rate not to exceed f 125 per month, plus actual expenses 
incurred, for a period of three months, effective Eebruary 1, 1952 ♦ 







§&f7M6 



SEARCHED— 
SERIALISED «' 








UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT 




to, SAC, Cleveland (66-35/- Sub. 26.^) ' j . >. date 1 : February 20 , T 9 52 



^erom, : SAC, Chicago (66-4008) 

/ subject- ETHEL_FORTSON FUOUA .. * w 



. Jv 



POTENTIAL SECURITY INFORMANT' 



Be Cleveland, letter , to Chicago October 24, _ 
."JULIA FORTSON, BROWN,- SECURITY. INFORMANT - [ 




tioned 



Chicago Indices fail.; to "reflect any reference to subject. 

/Clevelani is ’requested., to ’ascertain from necessary ;, , 

•background information captioned -individual." 

-This office -plans ; r^iewihg -for' possible' develop-*' 1./';-'.= 
ment' as’ a, security informant-'af^ ter furnishing .background ?• . ; ■ 

. information', to the. Bureau and obtaining author ity ? ; ; i".’v V v t 




SAG j>'s Chicago ; (66-*U008), .A 

SAC> Cleveland ((&- 35' Sub 26U) 

ETHEL EOHTSON EOQUA, was. ^ ' 
■ ,x I^.aiSIAL'SEOURtTr Mwm$2 . 



March U, 1952 



;■ . : - ■ Eeurlet 2-20-5?." \ . ‘ v • '• A V> .A / ‘ ;AA ' A ; 

X X A furnished .the following.bablcground data ”6n her -Sister, { 

A\ .. ,, ETHEL POKTSON . FUQUA: ; :• X r ;'; A\'X X 



; . X • Residence's 
‘ • Bom; 



A X .f /^]-^A6“S6»^riaj3c, Chicago "■ .. . 

’ ;• X XX June 28 ♦ about 1900. - X - X - : > .*>• ; 



V Birtti|)lace: ' ' . . • : • : Atlanta, Georgia A 'A ; ; ; 

ETHEL, attended Paine , .College inXAUgjusta, Georgia, fof A year or . ; 
<<So± and,', at the age of ; -about Ijtav i $$ left ' Atlanta-' for’ ^ijSladSiphite* ; 
Pennsylvania,; WherAshe 'redidedXneSr. hey uricie, - HORACE,* GEEELET X;;X 
iPOETaJH.: She went’ to<- Cfa&dSgAiA^pk drVl?22.:' ; 16rs$ . W^k&lpm; 
;jnarried one (JACKSON, first .nsufne- been *TAGK. -\$iieyA 

,. were divorced about.’ 6' or .7, months later.' ;, She : ,i narrieAjR^ 
around 192?,. and were. Separated prior % tTdrld 57ar iii ; ! fUQUA died ‘ 

■ ■ %r ■: AjAA; AAA ;; A-’a: AA a;A‘ ".a 

S6tt%'$S*k lived , ... ■ • 

brevlous:iy bii ^iAia^snce; Avenue* deceased- 

mother,;; HfiRALlE FOKTSON, who dded , about f years" ago. Jter father^ 
OSCAR EORTSON 'iS; also ‘dead..' v ; . A X . ... ; X A . X . /X • 



EQRTSON mim.% 




/•jA'., o' ' . & 



jETHEL Sfor^XaVan; electrical factory- oh MChigSh Avenue and .befo re 
•1fcat''wb9&eflSn!aX&^ 1 [: ”, ’ 



[ advised that she khows^of'ho. Orgahisatlons' which ETHEL-'is- ' ' A:x 
a ineniber b? -,ah4 is not a member , of -the GP as, far as ehe knows. XA/-* 



ETHEL, as in telligent. Very' friendly,,';', 
and onevshb makes -friends easily states that her, sister*: * 

’.as -faA asphe- JhiowB,. is j a. loyaL American *. ... , <. - ; ' y ;■ X ; >/ . / ; , . . 



•PMBiAO 



'•; - ’v :, -X 

• • .DBiSSXt} X5ijuSi^00l£Sj^ rs r«/T»iy 



"ti I . 





SAC, CHICAGO 



J .Yfctiie inforakit\was in.’ Chicago/ last kail for a Progressive Party,- . ' 

meSting^ EIHEL accompanied her. and met several Cleveland CP. members*. . " 
.including MYRTLE DENNIS, who, informant advised, was quite iitEifessed . 
/with. ETHEL. ,H30fflIr-hMt3;..'Sn - .the’ past, visited .informant in .Cleveland; 
and attend ed soms.parties with her sister* • , ETHEL recentlji/ .wrote ? •' V-/Jb 
. . I r fchat she had joined several Organisations ih Chicago, : '^ere- 

f upon infpimant states; she/told he*/ sister to ‘let- that stuff alone# > ; ; 
y.;/' and; -that She ; could hot do herself; any good, in these . , . , progressive ,) V ; / 
//'groups, and that/only ^dne'in .a-tedlloiiatt/.hira^d join the, (3^.ri^pi!aant’ ; -', ! ‘.' 
v* “tried tp : .discpurage her., sister in this, suiter*/ ' /•; 

1££2, EmBL’ phoned informant and asked her what would*she say if she > 
could he /W6he in a million"? Informant Stated she did not believe it# ' 

// and would 1 not diScuss it over the, phone. . fV\ -V . 

• Jadvised tbat :she feels' it is pbssible.j that ETHEL 'nagr have . . ///. 

/•. 1 . gotten the iftpression/thab infortoeflat; is? because' of’* y r ; / 

'/her actual, belief- .in. the' GF/ltoei’vialthpti^i’ shd; -states ;'she;has‘ never ;•//>- 
//’ t°id her Sister df :her., eoimebtipn'Mth,' this:’ ‘ ! have ! ■ ' 

/ guessed. aS/to irformant*s real paaposeT‘.ito the/<&i:£r6^ :/ 

states’ it could -only he a guess. - '/,’-/•' J ^ v 

rhe^etissy however, that her siSter.-inust have taken some-//' /.y; 

-• ’/-vV ■ ••' / 

• - it ip pbinfced out that. /extreme /dare 

; 1 * development of •£$''’ an 'inS’osAiSat 

; - et cetefe< ; -i^ch^'Aay v ik/t he future h e ,di^cted/tbward FGQHft, would 1 * * 

possibly harm the work of I | ih ^evelahd/dfaie lathis .£«ct that / /// 

- ’/■ soil® Cleveland CP member S' know EUQUA. v ;.•../••• ///.-// \ ' -/ 

.// '/it /is'" suggested that. ' Chicago, ^ .uhleSs/^u have spme'info^ 

. ;> /'that ’ onith vihe'COmmm^ a t , »pvdnerit, in- p^er / 
/ movement*. make in© ' *up6Pr tbe ; •-/ 

v/^S^jesa-'i^tg^s -l^e.'advadtagea -of^.ohiadnlhi m » ineorinant ‘ in . Chicago,:-^ •; ' - 
•'./ /the' risk 'fqf , possible exposure Of a .very valuable . Cleveland infoiTOant.'-y'-';'- ; 

‘ / Cleveland Will furnish any' additioniL infornatioh received ■ from ^ 

/; ■s^ridi^ ^may assist .Chicago- iii evaluating .'the' possibilities? of HilQUA as 

. v an informant* : /•' .•/ - /■ • •;-/// //--/■" ;• ”« . ' / '• 



FBI WASH DG 



3-19-52 



NR 200314 GR 53 



10-30 EM 



SS 



SAC CLEVELAND URGENT 

SERVICE MESSAGE PERIOD REURTEE, NUMBER ONE NINE TWO ONE FOUR 
FIVE PERIOD GROUP OF MESSAGE OMMITED PERIOD MESSAGE READS QUOTE 
NATIONAL CONFERENCE BLANK BLANK NEW YORK CITY ETC PERIOD 
UNQUOTE CHECK AND ADVISE AS TO MISSING PORTION PERIOD. 



HOOVER 

END ACK PLS 
OK FBI CV RWC 

66-35-SUB-264 



SEARCHED. .....INDEXED . . . 

SERIALIZE ll-gtt 



F.-AR 19 1952 

F -i i - OLLVibLnist) 



jVLL INFORMATION CONTAINED 



HERE pi J 
jDAT£fe£t 



ASS I! 



JISP 




<2HSCSl? 



V] 




p 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROH: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE 
DATE 08-16-2010 



FD-86 



FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATE 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: DIRECTOR, NEW YORK 



FBI CLEVELAND 



£- 18 - 5^1 



DIRECTOR AND SAC NEW YORK 



URGENT 



192145 



FROM 




INFORMANT HAS RECEIVED AIRMAIL INSTRUCTIONS 
NATIONAL SOJOURNERS FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE 



OFFICER, NEW YORK TO ATTEND NATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS ORGANIZATION 

s 

NEW YORK CITY, SUNDAY, MARCH TWENTY -THREE NEXT. INFORMANT 
INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE CLEVELAND SATURDAY, MARCH TWENTYPTWO NEXT. 
MONEY FOR RR FARE TO BE RAISED AND CRC AND NATIONAL NEGRO 
LABOR COUNCIL TO HELP IN EXPENSES. | 

PLANS TO ATTEND AND AUTHORITY REQUESTED TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL 
EXPENSES OVER AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED IN CV BUT NOT EXCEEDING 



FIFTY DOLLARS. 
END 

PBIBrREV 

66-35 SUB 264 
CC: 100-20073 



JJodIJwotK'; REV 



-eUSaiREDBY^ 



SHINE 




Approved : " Cr 

Special Agent in Charge 



Sent M Per 6 ■'e/ ’j 






FD-36 



• • 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: DIRECTOR, NEW YORK 

- - FBI CLEVELAND 3-20-52 

i 

„ DIRECTOR, FBI AND SAC NEW YORK URGENT 

SERVICE MESG. RE. CV. TEL. ONE NINE TWO QNEE FOUR FIVE. 

GROUPS EIGHTY NINE AND NINETY SHD. EE GGSCF VUPZE. 

SHINE 

END 

REV:HMM 
66-35-sub 264 




Special Agent in Charge 



FBI WASH DC 
SAC CLEVELAND 



DEFERRED 



RE - 



REURTEL MARCH NINETEEN, LAST, 



AUTHORITY GRANTED TO PAY EXPENSES UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS FOR PURPOSES 
STATED URTEL. NEW YORK AFFORD MAXIMUM COVERAGE THIS MEETING. 



REPORT DETAILS PROPXXXX PROMPTLY, 



HOOVER 



NY ADVISED 
•END ACK PLS 
OK FBI CV RGM 
TU DSC PLS 



it Jj., 



ALL INFGE&ATI08 OBTAINED 
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED - , ' 



,p 2 1 m; 



Expense for the month of February, 1952 . 



Feb. 5 j Donation to the Negro Labor Council 10.00 

The above donation was a must . 

Feb. 10, Trip to Youngstown, Ohio and back to Cleveland '-13,75 

" H “ Donation to Shiloh Baptist Church in Youngstown, .50 



n ti ii 



” Triumph Church of the New Age 



11 Pledge to Rrogressive Party- 



• 5-00 



13 Trip to 
back to 



.then to 



then 



, and home 1.75 V 1 



Contribution at 



Literature- 



meeting 



- 1.00 



Refreshments for 13 people at the house 4.00 



Trip to 



to 29th & Cedar and home 



1.00 



To Freda Katz for Civil Rights Congress 10.00 



23 Trip to 



jthen to the Hollenden Hotel, 



md home 



Luncheon at the Hollenden Hotel 



"" 23 P.M. To Moore Hotel 



Dinner to Negro Labor Counci 
Co & home 



el^^tj, «js 

il {j&st i 



1.90 

I 5.0 0 



February dues to the Sojourners 
Rent of Typewriter - 



1.00 



5.00 



65.95 



•The above expense may seem very extravagant to 



you but it was carefully spent and felt it necessary 




for the progress being made., f> 

JU.IOT0E^X«««**&M8D l 

HEREIN IS tJNCIASSIFIEO. 









SEARCHED. INDEXED „.J 

SERrAUZED...^«..„FILED..^^_. I 

% o 1952 

FBI - CLEVELAND 




Office M.errmdndum • 




UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT • i 



to' \ -SAG , GLEVELANI) ( 66-35 Spb 264V . { date: ; ■ April. 4:,-T952. 

FROM, S SAC,. CHICAGO (66-4003) ' * -.1- '-;V ; 

/subject ETHEL FOE TSO IT FUQUA , was. ’ --'V" ■ ?V 1 

... , .'POTENTIAL SECURITY IHFO.RMNT ' v ; : "• 

Reuriet March 11',. 195.2 . . , -« V ' / ; ' 

. Office’ Tfifili make no attempt to contact t .. ,\ 

iS' tinie because of possible exposure of , ' '• ‘ 

In the', event-. Cleveland.' determines. ''FUQUA' has.. asso~.,'!'\ 
elated herself with:' the Communist, movement 'and .might' 

; possibly be .in a position to. furhish. information^ •- * • 
'.Cleveland -i : s -.reque sted to furnish’ this 'information ’ -•'/ 
tp Chicago, : and ! consideration will again/ be given - : ' 

; to the possibility- of developing' FUQU^ ’ as an informant^; 




The Chicago 








• ' # 



Cleveland, Ohio 
April 8, 1952 

MEMO SAC 

66-35-Sub 264 SA 
100-18760 
100-19935 



EE: 



Captioned informant on March 12, 1952 furnished the writer 
three cancelled checks on the Central National Bank of Cl eve land which 
were issued to the Cleveland Eegro Labor Council, a $10*00 contribution. 
Endorsed by rubber stamp ''Cleveland legro Labor Council, 5311 Woodland 
Avenue, Boom 4, Cleveland 4, Ohio, dated February 5, 1952; the Progressive 
Party of Ohio, $5.00, dated February 11, 1952, endorsed by 
and the third check to the Ohio Bill of Eights, endorsed bj 
dated February 22, 1952* 

These checks are being retained in informants administrative 
file, 66^35-Sub 264. 



EMB/hs 

66-35~Sub 264 



Don Eothenberg, 






fcr tr 






. ; SAC, OlsTslaai (66-3j Sub 264 ) ' April 23, 1952 . • 

* * V J ( - . t, , ^ 

jv - t ' V 

;■ v Mmter,©I (!K10-3ffil^) ' 'JSSOHAiJttlWffl . • " • 

. ' ■ ,• 1 ’ . » . 1 : 

b2 

' ■ v - t ' , ' t ‘ * ( 

Based upon thB psrsonal recpmendatiori contained in your 
' letter of April 15* 1952., approval is granted to pay informant- at 
: ’ ~ “ the: increased rate Of $250 per month plus actual senses ^icnrred 
, J ' for. a. period of six monthsy effet^ive lay I*. 3952 * ^ 

' * ^ 1 i , ' J . , ' * 1 ’ \ ' A " 






STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



7 

Office Memorandum 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



! SAC, Cleveland (66-35 Sub 264) 



DATE: April 23 , 1952 



$ROm ; Director, FBI (100-382107) PERSONAL ATTENTION 



SUBJECT: 




Based upon the personal recommendation contained in your 
letter of April 15, 1952, approval is granted to pay informant at 
the increased rate of $150 per month plus actual expenses incurred 
for a period of six months, effective May 1, 1952, 




Ml C0TALW ' 



i i » — n r i 

SEARCHED™ INDEXED 

SERIALIZED-4^I1-ED^>C_ 

MJLSJ952 „ 

AND // X 




•V 



Expense for the month of March 1952. 



-hip \Uj*****' <*£**«« J 

Hi 

Ap**44 22, 1952, Trip to airport to Mew York 2.50 

,,u ” ”” Round trip ticket (Plane) ' 54.86 



ii ti n n 



Oah from Airport to West 125th St.- 



Registration Fee- 



1.75 

2.00 



,,H Room for three days 9.00 

’’ ” Meals for three days 5 .00 



« « «»* Meals for three days 5 .00 

Dinner Sunday night 2.25 

23, Oah from West 115th St to Y.M.O.A. .75 



Cah to Sunday Dinner 



Oah from] |to 

■ Apr - i - l - 24, Oah from 115th St. to 



Oah from to Airport 2.50 

Donation to Sojourners on ApafrM 23rd 1.00 



to 115th St 1.00 



2.50 



Trip from Airport to Cleveland Hotel- 



• 1.20 



Trip from Cleveland Hotel home 1.65 

Tips on Trip 3.00 



Donation from 0. R. C., & Sojourners 



Balance due- 



•'9b. 06 
— 65.00 
\ 5 

$ 25*06 



INFtOAIieS QOSTAIHED 
HEREIN l^UNCIASSIFMlPo u 

Date 



■Ob 



^ ?£ ya ffil 

SEARCHED INDEXED 

SERIALIZED ^..„FILED..^LjL.. 

./j AY 1 1952 

FBI • CLEVELAND 



FD-36 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION dtti&E 

DATE 08-16-2010 



FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: DIRECTOR* CHICAGO 

FBI CLEVELAND (U) 

DIRECTOR, FBI AND SAC CHICAGO URGENT 



URGENT 




INF'T ADVISED TODAY WAS ORDERED BY DOW ROTHENBERG 

TO GO TO CG. TOMORROW NITE FOR A CONFERENCE OF IEADERS OF THE 
MIDWEST PROGRESSIVE PARTY TO BE HELD SET. MAY TEN NEXT, LASTING UNTIL 
SIX PM THAT DALE. DON ROTHENBERG, EXEC. SEGTY. OHIO PP. ffilVING 



INF'T, 



BEING MIDWEST PP DIRECTOR AND 

Ipp functionary to conference, grp leaving CV. 



TEN THIRTY HI MY NINE. EXPECTjTO RETURN CV. SUNDAY, MAY ELEVEN. 



INF'T WILL CONTACT CG. OFFICE USING NAME QUOTE I 



Ji QUOTE 



IN EVENT EMERGENCY OR IF SECURITY PERMITS. CG SUTEL NAME OF 
AGENT INFT SHOULD CONTACT. REQUEST BUREAUTHORITY REIMBURSE 
EXPENSES UP TO FIFTY EOLLARS FOR TRIP. 

SHINE 



HffliMi 



66-35-264 

cc: 100-18760 
100-18406 
100-18923 
100-18392 
100-19086 















Approved:. 






Special Agent in Charge 



Sent i> Pej^isp’ 






FBI WASH DC 
SAC ' CLEVELAND 



PM OK FBI WA SMS 



•URGENT. 




5 - 9-52 



'•rtf 



\b2 

b6 



''th 7 C 



RE EXXX : CLEVELAND TEL MAY EIGHT, FlTOtW^ ; y\ r 



AUTHORITY GRANTED TO, REIMBURSE 



for’expensesi / 



t\U i nvni jl j. - ***** * - , - — ■- i 1 

incurred up to' . fifty. dollars' incidental to attendance. AT CONFEREE;.:.' 

OF ' leaders of/the midwest progressive party IN CHICAGO, w. ten .ne^ v-. 



HOOVER 
CG- ADVISED 






FBI, 


CHICAGO 


5-9-52 3-53 PM 


EP 


SAC, 


CLEVELAND 


URGENT 






OPPORTUNE, TELEPHONE RANDOLPH SIX DASH TWO ONE FIVE NAUGHT 



b2 

b6 

b7C 




ALL INF0324&TX0S CONTAINED 

HEREIN IS ^CLASSIFIED >. 






IL-JZ l.A-l t /- % 

SEARCHED ... INDEXED L..J 

SERIALIZED .FILED StL. 



WAY d 1952 

FBI - CLEVELAND 



Q> 



0 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATIM^gJIDE 

DATE 08-1S-Z010 



% 



FBI WASH DC 
SAC CLEVELAND 



£5-9-52 



URGENT 



227AM 



090545 



GR80 



SERVICE MESSAGE ,\REURTEL NAUGHT EIGHT TWO THREE THREE NAUGHT. 
MESSAGE^ECODE^H>ART QUOTE INFORMANT WILL OONT&CT CHICAGO OFFICE 



USING NAME QUOTE 



UNQUOTE RPT 



UNQUOTE IN EVENT OF 



EMERGENCY OR IF SECURITY PERMITS. UNQUOTE PLEASE CONFIRM 



NAME 



PERIOD IN FUTURE PLEASE REPEAT PROPER 



NAMES OR UNUSUAL ABBREVIATIONS TO AVOID THIS SORT OF CONFUSION. 



HOOVER 



ACK HOLD PLS 

OK FBI CV RGM 

mi 



^ FULLY^CODEDjmrfYPE 

^w]^ecoded]b\ I 



DECLASSlf 












W 4i^ w ^ vr 

SEARCHED INDEXED ^ 

fNlAY 9 1952]^ 

UuL-ciE stmpf^n 



FD-36 



% % 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: 



BUREAU 



FBI CLEVELAND 
DIRECTOR, FBI 



5 - 9-52 



URGENT 



SERVICE MESSAGE. REURTEL NAUGHT NINE r NKUGHT> FIVE FOUR FIVE. 
CORRECT NAME IS QUOTeI I UNQUOTE. 



SHINE 

END 

PMBjREV 



CODE WORKsREV 










Approved 



t j$L 



Special Agent in Charge 



Sent ^ O^L Par "M'T 




% 



% 



EXPENSE FOT THE MONTH OF APROL. 



April 1st — Trip to 



then to 



.65 



from there to 



April 2nd — Trip to 
April 4th — Trip to 
Trip to 

Aprillst — Trip from! 

April 8th -Trip to 

April 9th- Trip to 

Trip from 



• 1.00 



& home . 65 

65 

& home 1.00 

5: home 1.00 

& home — .65 



home 1.00 



home to my home 1.00 



April 12th- Meeting at home refreshments 22*00 



April 15th -To 
April 16th -To 
"" 2lst-Tof 



- 25th- To 



& home 1.00 

& home *65 

\& h ome .65 

& home 1.00 



" ‘'--Pledge to Civil Rights 10.00 



11 11 ti 



Monthy pledge to Progressive Party- 



Rental of Typewriter- 










t&L immxnw chained 

herein is 



SEARCHED INDEXED 

SERIALIZED — ^L^FILED..< £?3^_._ 

MAY 1 9 1952 

FBI • CLEVELAND 















;nse for the month of ma 






May 4th, — To 



& home . 65 



May 4th, TO Paradise Hall & home- .6 5 

Patrons ticket for Paul Robeson's concert 5-00 



Flowere bousht by Sojourners- 



May 13 , — To 



May 14th, — To 
May 15, ToT 



1.00 



1.00 



& home 1.00 

& home . . 6g 5 



home 1 . 00 



- 1.00 



From 



& home 1.00 



May 16, — To 
May 18,- To 
May 19, — To 



Donation al 



& home 1.00 

&home . 65 

1c home 1.00 



2.00 



To then to Hathaway Ave 1.00 

May 21st, Donation to Hallinan 2.00 



May 23rd, -To 



& home 1.00 



& home 1.00 



May 25th- To 



& Home — 1.00 



Dinner at the above address- 2.00 



May 26th,- To 



May 28th,- To 




& home . 65 

& home . 65 



Donation for f>rip to Colunbus Ohio- 



May 30th,- Donation to Peace breakfast- 



3.00 



1.00 



Ticket to peace breakfast 1.00 

m lRFt»TI0J? eOHTAINED.,^^ indexed -J 

.. a ^ t 7 

a t' <&*rJ 



JUN 1 1 1952 

FBI - CLEVELAND 






V 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM 



FBI AUTOMATIC 

DATE 08-16-20 



DECLASSIFICATIO^fcLTIDE 

f 



% 




GRANTED TO REIMBURSE CAPTIONED INFORMANT UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE 
DOLLARS FOR PURPOSES STATED URTEL. ADVISE BUREAU AND NEW YORK 
PROMPTLY OF INFORMATION RECEIVED RE CONFERENCE FROM INFORMANT. 



HOOVER 

OK FBI CV RIF 




W"'?' 



3 sac 



{b} tottosteg wgarfesa «« to crisis of a tfso tos jrototos 
to to €ssm#sm aatorittoo for srafwaai to eOte »?* uadtsw* 2&D3SO to afctead 
to Caaftsfoses for Eteaco to SMgto* 



Co) «$$&& m.m vtmxM tot em« @r&m\ o& 



??:‘y 




0*8* «&ast CfeGfeM OwCCUKs&ftOff 



?i03 

~G0& frto, 

csaras^o for 



^MHEfc J2&JB as d k eara nado a csa^r of tx Cqssdfcto to rsisa 

f«r4o to c£vo ftoaaetol mtoto&ao to &m$k&m 4%1 ®b atoo catfrj to to 
toimotoa*, 



I I ftafoS tot a $ste to t$eus$ to ^Stedcstf 1 

wa$oa to fcatm* of tagael m jjtacd fcgr to m^cafcro forty ia to vaslaws 
Ototttoo*- Gatolai tiUl to scat to otoh Stoto sal mato 

ft to attcmcd toi l b ag rooolvod Ms gab* 

paeaa to sg$m & tobtogto Ms j?o 'to SisWiat} 



■Cora- to ttaod dtau&osctofctos to &totfo toto#saotoa> to $>m?c-*’ 
$ht&so it #o tot to rw&Sl to idsaiity of to ta&ssttd* 



£as% 



s 



b6 

b7C 



Cleveland, Ohio 
June 25, 1952 



Wm, BAG: 

CCS 

100-15900 




100-1108? (Gioy 
100-17209 (BCEI, ABU. X30USS) 



/ 



100 - 1166 ' 

100-9265 

100-4602 

IOO-Hj.8991 

100-16390 

100-17261 




C BRIEF 
(MGHO 



„ ^ following is the ve rbatim report of 

datedjiay28* 1952, received by 04 



03 & 



$nm A%* 1952# ®i© osigiml memo Via, m zmm as social 
//7 of 66 - 35 - auh 275 -BAi 



**Kay 28 , 1952 
Thursday 

o£ to Ohio Bill of Bights Conference 
meeting at 5103 Euclid Avenue,- Among those one sent 1 
recognised* 



C 






3qoy»o -aary" 



mu mm 



tt fho agenda approved for the meeting was as follows $ 



n (A) Election of delegation to lew York Oonfaneneo on 

**•*(*««. -V JW JLi.*, ^ ^ '"I X.J* .... ... .Mi'* J ^ 



amnesty for polities! Prisoners which included 

WriVTlWkA **t*»4* I I ^ A 

Jiho would he 



Fsim mfz 



AKEsCOB 

66 - 35 -suh 275 -SA 



in ITew York and JCLIA BB03JT to repent the local 
ooaaaltt©** i 

L FIL 1 D .A*t 

. I 

ATX ltSF8C&ff IGS CSITTAIKBD 

HEREIN ISjni&AS9JFJ$> 

DATE! 



,\V, 'i f ,1 'f ^-2 

f'£l - GI.EVELP.I ,r? 



IG'O/lC' 



/) 





J 





mm * sac* 



n (Z) Reports on cienville action on police brutality 
as Well as t-iork o n th6 CMo Un~Amftyirian Aefe 

vitios Commission*! | 

submitted drafts of a proposed statement to fee 
used in distribution on the BAYIS brothers 

CdSG # 



'fRIBDA urged a committee to accompany her 
to colimsbus, but selected for this week end to 
•visit influential people in Columbus, spring-* 
fields Payton and Cincinnati,, urging then to 
bo present and write letters of protest while 
the tfn*Am©rioan Activities Commission in Chip 
was in session at Cincinnati, 0 . June 9th and 
loth*? ghe also recommended wide distribution 
of the CRO paper in each of these communities. 



fl (3) She issuing of a brochure on genicide practiced 
against the negro people of Clevelan d which woul d 



be dram from the co mbined drafts of 



ahq 



statement* 



Caro should be used in disseminating the abate infer* 
nation to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the 
informant* 



m 




-•* 3 «• 



:b6 

b7C 




Cleveland, Ohio 
June 27, 1952 



MEMO, SAC: 

100-178481 : I smugm 

100-4607 | | 

100-14575. 121-150 Washington, Ber t 100-5258 
100-7461 I I 100-5956 



100-7461 

100-15908 

100-14899 

100-20087 

100-17269 



100-751 



Domestic Adm. Issues 100-17261 




Committee- for 
Protection of 
Foreign Born 
legro 



The following is t he verbatim i 
dated May 19 received by S1A 
The original memo will be found as sens 
66 -55-sub 275 SA. • 



on June 15, 1952. 
1 /Jf of 



"May 19, 1952 
Monday 



"A meeting- sponsored by the Committee for the Protection 
of the Foreign Bom, was held at 1205 Superior at which ABU SR 

GREEN was the guest sneaker . Total attendance was' 58 among 

whom were recognised I BERT liFASHINGTQN.I ' 

ABNER GRM7 I 



of this meeting. 

"Attomeyl |spoke on the definition of rights 

of the foreign bom and those in the progressive and labor move- 
ment. pointing out that of the few rights we have left, we do 
have the privilege of not answering any questions without our 
attorney being present' and advised everyone to not talk first 
and call the committee, but to refuse to give information until 
and unless he or one of the attorneys for the committee was 
present. He also advised that no member of the family was 
legally bound to accept subpoenas for you.', and that they should 
be cautioned not to do so to make it as inconvenient as possible 
to be served by the courts. _______________________ 



66-55 sub 275 SA 
JMFjETW 



ALL INFGSSlATIOa CONTAINED 
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED a , _ 



SEARCHED INDEXED- 

SERIALIZE O..JUJL FI LEO_<£ 

JUN27 1952 

FBI • CLEVELAND. 



1 1" 3^ JLlH %£*/ 



* 



\Xj> v 



*r> 




# 



MEMO SAC: 

BERT WASHINGTON spoke on the similarity of persecu- 
tions visited on negroes and labor and urged solidarity of both 
groups with the brothers who are foreign and unatu raliz ed . 



ABNER GREEN reviewed a number of his experiences in 
connection with the fight to save the ROSENBERG'S and showed 
the relationship between' their fight and all those being 
persecuted under. the Smith and McCarron Acts. He called for 
a repeal of the Smith, McCarron and similar acts. He urged 
letters to be written' to the President for the repeal of the 
acts and for encouragement of those imprisoned previously 
under these acts. He called upon everyone to buy a copy of 
the ROSENBERG 1 s pamphlet (Pree the Rosenbergs), advised 
strengthening of the Committee for the Protection of the 
Boreign Bom and referred also to the case of HARRY BRIDGES 
and' how the powerful forces in the BRIDGES union had brought 
pressure and opinion to fight extradition of BRIDGES. He 
summarized by calling for dollars in support of th e local 
committee, which 'netted him a sum of $400 of which | 
contributed $106 • 11 



b6 

hlC 



Care should be used in disseminating the above infor- 
mation to 'paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the 
informant. 



QA 



2 




Cleveland* Ohio 
June 27, 1952 



^SL 



MEMO, SAC 

100-18298 
100-15197 
100-18972 
100-18923 
100-9386 
IOO-I 4 . 7 O 
100-18392 
100-19086 
100 - 18 I |06 
O-I 9462 



DOM ROT HEN BERG 
Mrs » D. ROTHENBERG 
6-35 Sub 264 




100-7461 
100-1179 
100-4602 
100-9265 
100-231 
100-1474 
100-19491 
100-19492 

100-1®760 ' PROGRESSIVE PARlY 
100-16463 POLITICAL 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



Th© following is the ver batim report of I 
dated_May 20, 1952, received by SA| 

6-15-52, The original memo will be round as serial 
66-35 SUB 275 SA, 




of 



“Re c ept iop—aiil 
1952, for | 



on May 20, 




ALL IHFGSS4&TIQ8 OBTAINED ^ 



SEARCHED INDEXED. .... 

SERIALIZED...J&fFILED . 

JUNE 7 1952 



FBI - C? iiVELAHDfc » 




U-3g ju/~ sy 



MEMO, SAC 



|took notes for the Progressive Party. This meeting was 

arranged by the P. P. on the Heights; Only those who were on 
the Heights contributed to the case of whiskey. 



l ift his introduction merely commented about the pleasure of 
having the Presidential candidate’s wife, who serves in his 
stead while he is imprisoned, but not for 3bng, because we hope to 
\set the stage so that the right people will be jailed instead 
of progressives like HALLINAN, whose only crime was the 
defense of one of labor’s strongest defenders of labor rights, 
HARRY BRIDGES. That was his introduction. 

i 

"Mrs, HALLINM then spoke and she brought out a few points with 
regard to her children; how they were given to understant why 
their father was imprisoned;, and they have a working class 
knowledge of the struggle of the P. PL, what they are working 
for and striving for. 

"She would up by telling that they are one of the biggest 
property owners in California. She said that they own apartment 
buildings downtown, and they permit colored people to move in. 

She mentioned about her own personal holdings, which she has 
as a result of trust funds and endowments; and she is now 
beginning to feel the sharpness of mortgage holders on a few 
of her apartment buildings, because she has permitted colored 
to move in. The mortgagors are insisting on payment of mortgages 
because of her progressive policy of moving in colored. That 
tended to depreciate the value of the apartment buildings. 

She stated that she was in daily communication with her children, 
and they tell her to stay as long as she has an audience to talk 
to, and they give her the driving force to campaign for her 
husband. She is in daily communication with her husband by mail, 
and he now states that s'ince the first two weeks, when the 
restriction with regard to his mail coming in and answering, that 
he how has unlimited permission, and received as much of the mail 
' that comes in. He is imprisoned with other political prisoners 
on McNeil Island, because they are fighting for what they 
believe. He says he is making a lot of converts in prison to 
the progressive cause. 

"She was asked various questions. 




| | asked what she would estimate her property 

holdings and how did she reconcile her position as property 
owner and landlord and fighter for progressives and tenants, 
as she said she had often done. She said that definitely 
for good reason she had never bothered to ascertain what b6 

she was worth. She was not concerned with that, because the 
C.P.A. ’S take care of the records and let her know what the 
profits and what the deficits are, 

’’Later I overheard l I state that in her opinion 

the selecting committee had made a bad choice in the HALLINANS 
in that they were vastly wealthy and could not appreciate the 
struggles, and would go back to the lush living after the 
campaign is over, and the workers and the lesser livers would 
have to be stuck with the stigma of whatever abuse comes out 
of this year’s campaign. This statement was made to JULIA 
BROWN. , . 

asked her whether she knew if I l had 

received •cne statement of Supreme -Court Justice JACKSON, with 
regard to his opinion on a case, he said in Cleveland, where 
in his dissenting opinion with regard to lawyers standing 
up for their clients irrespective of the clients political 
feeling She said that HALLINAN had received it, and she had 
received a copy of the statement. 

b 

made the collection speech. She pointed out that b 
since the sponsors of the reception were the Progressive 
Party on the Heights, she was going to start with the Progressive 
Party on the Heights in makins_bnr_appeal. She reported that in 

order that Mrs. HALLINAN andl [when he is out, would be 

able to go throughout the country amd make the type of speeches 
in support of his candidacy, that much depended on how much 
could be raised by sizable contributions, and she would up by 
askin g who has §100,00 or more t o contribu te ot the campaign 
-fund. I leave faOO ; I Iga ve #100; 

[save #100; | Igave 

#100; and | I partner or associate gave #100, Now 

she said, any more #100 ’s? Sho thanked those who were able 
to give #100, She said, are there any who can give #75*00 



- 3 - 





9 



OV. F, o. 
MEMO, SAG 



gave $75*00. Nobody gave $50*00 from the Heights, but they 1 

then opened up the general collection for everybody on the 
Heights. Now she says our hosts have contributed otfer $>600.00. 
How much are we as guests and friends of the P. P. from other 
parts of the city going to give? She said we can’t afford 
to do it like they do on the Heights, because we are working 
people, but we should contribute something, JULIA BROWN started 
with &2ELQ0. a nd JULIA, was the rvnlv.one who gave $25.00. 

I I gave | gave $5; I gaye 

|5j the man just returned from Israel gave $5j| |gave $5* 

Then the reamining people gave $1,00 or more. It was estimated 
that close to $800.00 was collected. This was turned over to 
DON R0THENEERG. 

’’The man just returned from Israel then spo3©. Be has been 
here for 2 weeks. He is the representative of the Coop 
Movement that represents 13 % of the voters in Israel. He is 
a refugee from some other place. All of those in his particular 
Coop Group are also refugees. He briefly pointed out how they 
differed xfith the policies of the Government, who are attempti:ng 
to become satellites of the British and Americans. They asked 
his questions, how. it differed from ouh farm coops, and he 
said it was different because they staked out land for the 
experimental purposes. Our coops are capitalistic institutions 
Not too many questions were asked him. He is leaving within 
the next few weeks, and is returning to Israel. He did not 
indicate what his mission was, but is here for a study of the 
techniques. 

received a call, and then made an announcement 

that ROBESON had just spoken to 4? 000 Canadians at Blaine, Wash, 
Everybody just went wild with this news, because previously he 
and AHLLINAN had been prevented from going to Canada to some 
Convention. 

’’R0THENBERG made the announcement that ! would 

chair the meeting at the New Star Baptist Church, and that she 
had been unanimously elected Sunday at the Progressive Party 
meeting in Columbus as State Chairman of the P. P., and in that 
post she would be Chairman of the meeting tonight. Everybody 



•» 4 - 










MEMO, SAG 

”was asked to attend, and be prepared to give fa n overwhelmin 
welcome to the new st-.o-hp. Cha-i who had taken l 

place. They said that| |had accepted a scholarship 

to some foundation. 



”l overheard a conversatio n betweenl 

pertaining to the fact that ] I was going to Ne w York. 

in his old stamping grounds, f or basic train ing,, which T I 



confirmed the date as June Istj Iwas asked whether 

he was going to forget Cleveland and Ohio after this, to 
which. he replied "Cleveland is my home and Ohio will be my 
stamping grounds as far as I am concerned." 



made the statement that PREIDA, 

and others were meeting in Glenville on the civil rights 
question of police brutality and they were sorry they couldn’t 
be the re. ^ 






Care should be used in disseminating the above 
information to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity 
of the informant. 






SA 



- S - 



tf fcr 



Cleveland, Ohio 
June 25 » 1952 



MEMO, SAC: 




b2 

b6 

b7C 



*'■ "May 20, 1952 
Tuesday 

"A luncheon held at the Sterling Hotel, Cleveland, 
Ohio in honor of Mrs. VINCENT HALLINAN. There were about 62 
people present among I recognized. 



JULIA BROWN 

Know ROTHEWBERO and wife 



FRIEDA KATZ 



"Mrs, HALLINAN spoke of her 
appearances at which she asked all to 
gave the serial number and address where 



JMFrCGP 

sub 275-SA JKFMi&l'lffif CONTAIN 
HEREIN ISUNCLASSIE 



plans for radio and TV 
listen and see her and 
her husband could be 
Ifac. 



V 



SSWffl 



6 



SEARCHED. INDEXED 

SERIALIZED — ^gj^lLED <£*3 



JUN27 1952 

FBI . CLEVELAND 












MEMO, SAC; 



written to, urging cards and letters of encouragement to be sent. 
She spoke also of how encouraged she was to hear from him and the 
children almost daily by letter or card encouraging her to speak 
as long as the audiences would listen and not to worry about 
returning home. She urged everyone who wanted his book auto- 
graphed by her to be at Bu rrow* s main book store the following 
afternoon, I I was introduced and spoke briefly of 

’’Freedom” associates and how it would bolster the cultural and 
progressive ties in each community in support of the Progressive 
Party program*, 

| reported on the National and State 

developments in the Progressive Party in its effort to secure 
write-in votes for HALLINAN and BASS this election. He also 
announced the newlv elected chairman of the PP in Ohio as being 

|of Youngs toirn who would chair the mass 
meeting at. Morning Star Baptist Church. He requested also a 
large collection donation in support of HALLINAN and BASS* can- 
didacy*- The profit from this function as announced was approx- 
imately f>375>» u 

, Care should be used in disseminating the above infor- 

mation to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the 
informant. 



2 



DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVE^MOH: 
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GmI 
DATE 08-16-2010 




F3I, CLEVELAND 
BIRECTOR, FBI 
URGENT 




SECURITY 



IMF OR 7 'A UTS. ABOVE TNFGR"AETS PLAN TO ATTEND NATIONAL C' EVE’ TIQN OF 
PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN CHICAGO, JULY FOURTH, AM) FIFTH AM) SIXTH. IN 
ADDITION 



A!® 



CONFERENCE AFTER COEVE'T’IOi'J 



FLAN TO ATTEND CRC 

Aral 



ARE DELEGATES TO CONVENTION AND FEEL THEY CANNOT MISS CONVENTION WITHOUT 

PLANS TO 



CAUSING SUSPICION A® HARD FEELING. 

CONTACT EDITOR OF VILNES, LEFT 77ING LITHUANIAN NEWSPAPER TN ADDITION TO 
ATTEND J MG CONVENTION. AUTHOR T TY REQUESTED TO REIMBURSE | 

AND 



EXPENSES UP TO SEVENTY -F T VE DOLLARS AND 



UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS. 



SHINE 



END 



BOCsCPH 

66-3 5-Sub -230!Gb 

2'68 Q 




-b2 







FBI WASH DG 7£2&52 9-1 1 PM PH 

SAC CLEVELAND URGENT 




FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES INCIDENTAL TO ATTENDANCE AT 
PROGRESSIVE PARTY CONVENTION IN CHICAGO JULY FOUR, FIVE, SIX 
INSTANT. ARRANGE WITH CHICAGO FOR MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF 
. I INFORMANTS » - SERVICES » FURNISH BUREAU, AND INTERESTED OFFICES 
WITH REPORTS REFLECT I NG I NFORMANTS* OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING 
CONVENTION. , 

HOOVER 



OK FBI CV PER 




ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED 
HEREIN I§_^CJ,ASSJ 

3VS»te/ / 








STODDARD FORM NO. 64 

Jt 



'Office Memorandum • 






UNITED. STATES GOVERNMENT 



* 

TO * SAC 



FROM : e^| 
SUBJECT: 



DATE: July 3, 1952 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



At 12 1 3 0 t> .m . today 
from SA| 



the writer received a telephone call 

f the Chicago Division in regard to the 



attendance of the above three informants at the Progressive 
Party convention to be held in Chicago on July 4, 1952. 



SA| |stated that in the event of an emergency, the above 

informants should call the Chicago Division listed telephone 
.-number and ask for him or leave, a message for him in the 
event of his absence. 



In way of what would constitute an emergency, SA l 
stated he desired to list the following three items for', 
the informants to be aware of and to notify the Chicago 
Division if they have information concerning same: 



1. Any information of an immediate nature concern- 
ing’ an early conference for the Sojourn Eor Iruth or Justice 
which is believed to be scheduled for eariy in July for the 
purpose of planning the ' " t,, larch on Georgia". Chicago has a 
letter from the Hew York Division requesting to be advised 
immediately in the event of any information concerning this. 



2 . In the . event that 



is present 



at the convention and' gives some indication of -the- where- 
abouts or information which might lead to the whereabouts of 
JAMES EDWARD JACKSOE. This information sh oo Id he. te lephoned 



by informants to the i ca go D i vis io n . 

that the wif e of I 



SA 




n 

ladvised 



EDWARD JAC&SC®. Sii[ 



^stated that it was believed 



ould probably be in attendance at this as it is known 
'he attended previous Progressive Party functions. He 



described ! | as having been active in Communi st Part\ 



at f a i 7-p in Washi 

J eet tall 

build . 



*, D. C, from 1Q4H to 1949,, 
JpoundsJ Icom-plexionf 



age 




DAW :mmk 
66-35 Sub 264 



wiwwmi 



CCs: 66-35 Sub 230 

66-35 Sub 268 



JUL 2 1952 

Ft. 




U-3S<U- A&S- 




MEMO, SAC 
66-35 Sub 264 



3. In t he event the in formants observe anyone that 
they believe to be I l ore sent at the convention, they 

should notify the Chicago Division. Chicago has a letter from 
the “Baltimore Division alerting them of the possibility that 
p ay be in attendance at the convention inasmuch as he 
has been known to attend previous Progressive Party affairs, 
having met hi£ 







It was agreed that if the three Cleveland informants 
had any information concerning the above, or anything else of 
an emergency nature, they would call the Chicago Division and 
use the following code names 




SA| | has been advised of the 

above and has made arrangements to contact the above three 
informants so they have the benefit of this information before 
they leave Cleveland for Chicago. 




- 2 - 




V 



/ 



/' 






j 





Cleveland, Shin 

My »5sr 



?m 



ioo-»m 

3.00-10406 



£ 

\%w-um r 

466-^5 Sab 

100 - 1^63 
1Q0-19J?64 






foenff 



3.00-%8f60 I^ogressive £asby 

100-16463 FolitlM &et 

Ip9-X72f>0 Jewish 0roanisatioasf b2 

(OF) infiltration b6 

10Q-1?|;6X Ifqgyo Ration b7c 

100-17.26? Intermtioml Eolations 

zog-mm w 



.ffba following is literature finished h; 

5b© original memo t 



1^2 to i3il| 

-/ft? ,. of 06-35 Sab 275-S/U 



«Eir 



da My to, 
00 sound asf serial 



1* & Four-page mimeographed eqpy of the Ihogressivo Party 
meel&ar pablioatloa *©» S3»ao)gioaaeat ,t Kttaber 24* IMs lltor&ture is pub- 
lished by the I^oorossiiro forty of Ohio, 5103 Suelid &mm* Cleveland 3 * 
£hle. gm&psed in this issue are tho following points t 

a) & featured story on the tom?' ifcyou^oat the state of 

mja by trs, nvmm mtmi tm rm mmmm* 

b) 4 pall to all Beagresaiwja to wit© to the ^eeidonb of 

the Whited States demanding i veto of the $£&• fhis story 

states that the Cleveland Jeotah fpapsmity federation. is ursine for' tesediata 

notion* 



1 

r 




. 0) ifhge i entitled Progressive Barty iXatfor# deals tilth 
the platform the i^ogressiva Forty is going to- ppoclsis at the National 
Convention to ho held in Chieago;,. Illinois, My 4 to -64 this platform is 
divided into the following ehbdivisionst foaee,. £bou?ity* and Freedom, 

&) £bg» 3 contains an article- on legro housing in the 
■ oity of Cleveland end requests various forms) - - of notion by on B?ogrsssivos 
in aiding towards the fight for hotter housing for the logro people* 

a) - Sip 4 contains a fall, page add anaoanoing. m Sjareoutisro 
Soar! meeting of the ifragysssivn forty to ho hold on dune 10th at headquarters 
at nhieh time ^&-Wi WMi of ^esr fori? City mill he. guest speaker. 



•2, & three-pap Mmee^phed mpy of the Aggressive £arty 
$ee!&y publication «fho Ssdepondcnb# number 25* Contai ned in this fgg 

irthirt 4 4 i SEARCHED...... , ■ > > ■ ■ 



mo the following items j 



66-35 £uh 275-$l 



BSRSI 0 IS Ufc; -fcSSIf IJkR -£2 

nATElfZf-*^ 







iSSI, 

'3*3F9 G£ 



SERIALIZED FILED, 

JULl 5 1952 

FBI - CLEVELAN 







me 



mr%% im 



a) it weel&y report cm the state tour by tv®, BS&5TEJ rsaSEM® 

end sgsj nmrmm. 

b) & featured story stating that the tv®^®asim "arty is 
favoring and supporting ifco plan of tbs Cleveland l^tropolitan Gouging 
Authority to build a now $$Q low-coat housing project in southeast Cleveland* 

o) & statement that on Falurd&y, ^uao 23th* & sooting will 
bo hold Americas ubo&m SaH # 76 !^ Cedar Avc-aue* dealing wit h a plan , to 
.create STODO row jobs for £ogro iron and woson with e&phacis on breaking the 
discrimination against i&gro waaen at Sears and ftoeMc. fbo article states 
that this is sponsored by the Sleyolasd negro Eabor Council* 

d) On Fage 3 thors is « copy of & letter received by Frs* 
SMXffi from U* 0» 03C, Southern director of the i&mgreosivo Farhyg 

calling upon those in Olr/eXsnl to raise funds ao that Fauthorn delegates 
can attend tfca fhogressiw Forty National CSonveation to be hdd in Chicago, 

e) A statement that a send-off party for those delegates 
attending the Spogresaive thrty Convention in Chicago will bo held at the 
hone of I'ro* &£Jl2k fB&UiS on the night of Sync 2£»tb* 

Cara should be used in disseminating the above information to 
paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the Informant* 



EXPENSE FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK ON JUNE Lg52, L(J 



June 14th. — Oof fee and sandwich on road for five people 2.00 

Breakfast for Husband & wife 1.50 

Hotel room — — 7.00 

Lunch for two — 2.50 



Dinner for two- 



5.25 



Storage for car 2.00 

June 15th- Breakfast for two 1.20 

Lunch on road - 3.00 

June 14th — Registration fee- 1.00 



Donation to Amnesty Victims- 



Donation at door for two* 



Gas and oil for car---- 



3.00 

2.00 

“44755” 



75.00 



0 



all im&tmsim contained 






SEARCHED -...INDEXED, .x... 

SER(ALIZED...^FILEe 



jul a m2 

FBI - CL£VELrt!IL( 






' 



MEMO, SAC* 

cc? 100-11M2 
100-7^61 
100-17269 
100-15908 
100-11*325 

100- 15976 

101- 5 
100-5238 
100-17258 
lOO-llj.899 
100-17261 




100-9265 

100-9768 

lQa~231 




Cleveland, Ohio 
July 2k, 1952 



A KATZ 



66 - 35 Sub275 SA 
100-751 ACFFB 

100-A607 

100-17087 , i:wi; 
100-12878 
100-18333 NATI01 
100-19935 NNLC 



Following is the report of I If or the period April 9, 

1952, through April 23, 1952, the items being separately dated* 



advised that she gave| 

•one names ox une people on the Program Committee (possibly 
committee for the PAUL ROBESOW affair). 

3 will attend a meeting on Tuesday 
. . C Headquarters. 



FRIEDA KATZ. 



at 3MMSFA Headquarters , prepared a stencil for 



FRIEDA KATZ is having some cards printed on behalf of the CRC, 
these to be for mailing on May 1st to one of the “political 
prisoners". 

| will be present at a meeting Tuesday 

nignt I U/I5/52 ) at CRC Headquarters. FRIEDA KATZ advised 
frhat Mrs. BROWN lives at 31 93 East 123rd Street. 



| arranged to have lunch with DON BOTHENBERG 

tomorrow. He also wants FRIEDA KATZ present as he wants to 
explain some case. 



ALL INFOJm&TIGJJ SUSTAINED 
HEREIN I SJ3NCLASSIF LED n 

CATE^rr 

3^9 



M'js: 







mm, sac 




k/l9/$2 



is tiying to contaci 
'FB Headquarters. 



before 




SCHLOSSBERG 



BROWN 

LEGISLATIVE 



it/21/52 

CRC 

FUNDS 




^ |advised | | that a check 

for $10.00 came in from UE 735 for the committee to defend 
DAVID SGHLOSSBERG. The Ne w York O ffice wants 75 copies of 
the SCHLOSSBERG leaflet and | | will mail then to New York. 

FRIEDA KATZ advised that a mass rally is being niarmari fVvp 
Friday night . (April 25th) at UE Hall, with | j ph. ) 

of the Detroit CRC, and with several trade unionists who 
appeared here before the.McCarran Committee, as speakers. 

A meeting is to be held Mon day (April 21st) to plan the thing 
and get out publicity on it. | [ unknown ) has some 

material that can be passed out in connection with the hearings 

tg bQ .held in Dayton by the t»State Thenar**™ 

lean be reached at, I 



requested by 



JULIA BROWN and others were 
(A KATZ to be present on Monday night. 



FRIEDA KATZ is going to contact| 
see if she can come to this meeting at 
the principa l speaker (see above 
is listed tol 



The CRC bank account is $35.53. It is at a bank located at 
69 th and Euclid. 

advised that of ACPFB in New York 

would be in Cleveland tomorrow and would like to see a few of 
the trade union people. 

FRIEDA KATZ wants to have some »pre ss cards” addressed to 
various people and she arranged, for 

I to eacil take 200 ox tnese cards and address 



ACPFB 




l(ph. ) of a Midwest Conference 

of the ACPFB to be held in Chicago on May 18 th. Nationality 
people, negroes and trade union people are to attend andT^ 

| g rants 30 people from Ohio to b e present. Wnfri 

this .meeting were Sent to IWO members. I [ wants 

F° help h er organ ize the Ohio group becausel [knows 

so many people j k ill help, he will attend and he can 

take 4 other people in his automobile. 




• * 



mm, sac 



NEGRO 

NNLC 



I 1 

KATZ 

BROWN 

CRC 

legislat: 



EVE 



Tickets for the PAUL ROBESON concert are to be sold through 
street campaigns and store sales after April 30th. Also, 
signatures are being obtained from people who will sponsor 
the concert by having the people sign a petition entitled 
"I am happy to join with other citizens to welcome Paul 
Robeson to Cleveland* 1 . 



bid JULIA BROWN to call 



FRIEDA KATZ arranged for, 

some of their friends and. get them to go to the meeting on 
Friday night (April 25th, at UE Hall, at which a CRC official 
from Detroit will be the principal speaker, the meeting pertain- 
ing to the McCarran C ommittee arvH rri aa). Informant reported 

on April 2h, 1952 that [prepared some literature 

for dissemination at this Friday night meeting. 



SA 



Job 

hlC 



- 3 - 



Cleveland, Ohio 
July 27, 1952 



100-1^575 

100 - 181 * 1*8 

100-19571 

100-li|899 

100-10263 

100-11731 

100-11*573 

121-150 

100-19277 

100-20362 

100-13371 

100-17527 

100-19^75 

100-20158 

100-17701* 

100 - 181*70 

100-11001 

IOO-15197 

100-18298 

100-15155 

100-19797 

100-19086 

100-20087 

100-18776 




BERT WASHINGTON 




100-7371 

100-31*97 

100-2829 

100-20076 

100-18972 

10,0-191*91 

IOO-15911 

100-131*99 

100-19217 

100-19721 

100-1*29 

100-13639 

100-20387 

100-17261 

100-8033 

100-7686 

100-17521 

IOO-19935 

100-12062 

100-18760 

100-17269 

100-20073 




FREEDOM ASSOCIATES 
NEGRO QUESTIONS 
MINE, MILL & SMELTER 
WORKERS 
HE - CIO 

AFEi (CP INBTLTRATEON) 
NNLC 

CALL POST 
PROGRESSIVE PARTI 
DOMESTIC ADMINISTRATION 
SOJOURNERS FOR TRUTH 



P1IN 



#76: 



l£~ ^ $ £ 9 ^ ^ ^ £ 






# * 



MEMO SAC 



Associates group and contained in this report are all the names 
of those individuals he contacted for support in this enterprise* 
A copy of this memo will be placed in the main f ile, of each one 
mentioned in this report and a copy of report is being 

placed in the following files: ^ 

66-35 Sub 275 SA 

100-20387 

100-17289 




- 2 - 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



Office Memorandum 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO. : SIC 



FROM : a 



SUBJECT: 



DATE: July 30, 1952 





Captioned informant furnished the writer on July 17, '1952. her 1952 
membership cazd for the OHO which was filled out and signed by FRIEDA 
KATZ, secretary. 

This card will be placed in the 1A jacket of informant’s file 66-35- 
hxb 264 in order to conceal identity of informant. 



PiiiBicvp 
66-35-Sub 264 



cct 100-17087 
100-231 



4 WQ. 






-maiit 



3W: 






***"’ cf i /-/ f 



4 






j EXPENSE FC^TRIP TO OHIOZGO FOR SEVEN^YS, 

July 4th 1952 

Train fare to Chicago 1©.00 

Registratiom fee 2.00 

2.05 



be 

b7C 



From Ashland ave to 

ti it 



to Ashland Ave, (these trips by cab and partly bus 1.95 

- 2.15 

2.05 



,,w Ashland Ave, to 
July 5th 



From Ashlang Ave, to 

n it g 11 t0 | 

ii 1 



" Ashland Ave, to| 
July_£lh 
From 



2.05 

to Ashland • 1.95 

— In-seae-enes-ear 



to Ashland- 



From Ashland Ave to 
July 7th 
Fro, 



From 

11 



1.95 

3.15 

2.65 

2.90 



For Food 



July 4th 
Lunch & Dinner 

July 5th, - 



AU, WSTAiBSB 

HBRESN is unclassxfj. E jL 
oateCcg!:^^ 




i"S ^1^ .rr t— 

ShRIAUZtD 

JUl 3 0 1952 

FBI - C LEV -l Ai'-iC 



5.65 



Lunch & Dinner 4.00 



July 6th, Lunch 

July 7th, Lunch & Dinner- 

July 8th, Lunch & Dinner- 

July 9th, Lunch & Dinner r.- 

M 10th, 2 " 

Donations to C.R.G.- 
n g 



n n 11 



'#■ 



For room & Breakfast-fer-seven-days 

£ . * 

n ” H ” n n three .-nights & three days for Lee 



1100 
2.65 
2.95 
2.50 
3.50 
2.00 
2.00 
10.00 
10 .00 





Morgan 




Cleveland, Ohio 
August 5, 1952 




100-5263 

100-4607 

100-17087 

100-20371 




CSC 

Freedom of the Press 



5he follow ing is the verbatim report oil Idated duly 18, 

1952, received by Sa J I on duly 28, 1962, fhe original 

memo will "be found as seria l /U 7 _o f 66-35 Sub 275 $A. 




ftjuly 18, 1952 

fl 0n duly 16* 1962, a meeting at Civil Eights Congress headquarters, 
5103 Euclid Avenue* Cleveland. 



mi* wtm 



**EEtE&A HAS® reported that between f I 

a little over §400. had already been raised for the appeal to he made on 
behalf of S383V® W$U$®th convicted In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania under a 
state sedition law last wee k, ffiala money and other to be collected would 
bo delivered by MSDA tSSZ ,| |tfcia weekend. notions 

were passed to wire protest to governor EINB or Pennsylvania and the Attor- 
ney General of Allegheny County, 

BfEiEBA %M% reported that three visit s to the office o f the CEO 
and "freedom of tbs Press 14 offices by members of l s ubversive 

squad, Inquiries were made and literature on the 0E0 was afcsed for. Ho 
information was given reg arding member ship meetings or members of the 0B0. 

Recommendation was made by that lists and finance receipt boohs 

and other importeut records of the CSC be taken from the office and brought 
back at regular meetings as a precautionary step* PSIB)& KASJZ made the an- 
nouncement of numerous attempts to arrange for an appoint eisent with tt&yor 
mm on the EASfEfiElEI* IIOOBSS attack Case had failed. She recommended that 
as large a delegation that could be rounded up pla n to visit Ite yor BOHCS 1 8 
office and Insist on appoiateaeat, Jriday at 12; 00. was asked 

to be spokesman. 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information to pnra- 
phrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 




it f i 



OfPtSOK 

66-35 Sub 275 SA 



XNFOmAf 16^ CONTAINED ^ 
HEREIN I|M§^ 8 S W§>AjAf 

D ^hJc3£as^^^ 



* i n 



Cleveland* Ohio 
August 8, 1952 



mm sag 

100-19277 

100-231 F rieda, Kata 



100-192171 



100-16795 I 
100-17087 GSC 

IOO-SO33 Mine, mil and Shelter 
Union 



She following is the verbatim report of dated _ r 

July 28, 1952. The original memo will he "found as seria l // ¥ 
of 66-35 suh 275 SA. 

"At 12:00 noon on this date a delegation representating the 
"Committee to Defend IATEA1IIED TfOODBP met with Mayor TEOM&S A, EUBHE 
in his offices* 

"Those Present: I I I 

I iFftlBPA SAT2. JULIA ESOIfllj ' 

I Morning Star Dentist Chur ah. I la 

| the Toung Progressives! 
and several unidentified colored men. 

1 the committee, submitting a 

prepared written statement which has been submitted by me along with 
this report. 

I further urged the Mayor on behalf of the committee to 
make a careful study of reports that should have been submi tted br the 
Police Department on this and other similar hoodlum attacks J | 

further pointed out that as capable as the Cleveland Police Department 
seems to he these and other hoodlums must be known to the police regular 
in the district. Further that based on reports, this restaurant where 
the attack took place is reputed to be a regular hongout for hoodlums 
which must be known to the police. 

"PEIBDA SASH speaking in the name of the Civil Eights Congress 
read off a list of other attacks on negroes by even the Cleveland Police 
Department, citing the instances of those who had been shot and killed 
by the police who were negroes in the past two years, numbering approx- 
imately twelve. She urged the Mayor to call for a public hearing by 
City Council^ Public Safety Committee to hear and receive recommenda- 
tions from the citizens as to what should be done by the police depart- 
ment to eliminate hoodlum gangs. 



JJtjrik 

66-35 sub 275 SA 
AhL INF0E2ATIQ2 ©8257AIMES . ‘ 



serialized..-#^ 

AUG 8 1952 

i FBI . CLEVELANr; .... 




MEMO SAC 




I | of lline, Kill and Smelter 

Workers stated that he* as a vihite person, was alarmed that the Mayor 
didn’t have facts in this and other cases of hoodlum attacks and cau- 
tioned the Mayor that today* s paper gave another account of six hoodlums 
attacking cltisens on Shore Drive leaving him to believe that unless 
the Mayor take immediate steps to check these hoodlum attacks it would 
extend not only to Negroes hut also to other minority groups in the 
community. 



be 

b7C 



I ZZkf the Morning Star Daptist Church, urged 

the Mayor to act promptly and swiftly so that Cleveland could retain 
the name of “fhe best location in the nation" . 

tt An unidentified negro member of the Committee recommended 
to Mayor JlffiKE that the Safety Department institute six week courses 
in Inter-Racial Relations , to vhich the Mhyor expressed surpr i s ing in- 
terest. Mayor 30BKB thanked the committee and recommended a committee 
of five meet with him on Saturday morning, next, at 10:00. after he has 
had an opportunity to consult with the Police Department on their reports 
Of the llAKHiffilSL WOODEN incident and other related hoodlum attacks. 

tr A committee ofl Ipftmu p ffZ j 

| to meet with the Mayor at 

iUtOU. 



"(A scheduled meeting of this committee to draft a statement 
and recommendation to be submitted to Mayor DUSKS is scheduled to meet 
at 6:00 this evening at the CRC headquarters, 5103 Euclid.)’ 1 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information 
to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 



W 




I 

f 



MEMO, SAG ' 



Cleveland, Ohio 

A*j . H its* 



Re: 2 ^ o 



I on August 4, 1952, furnished the 
writer a three page typewritten list of members of the 
Civil Rights Congress for the year July 1952 to July 1955* 

The informant received the list from IRIEDA KATZ, 
Executive Secretary of thejCRC, Cleveland* The list was 
copied and returned to | | ou August 4, 19524 

The captioned subject’s name appeared on this 
list as written above, with any pertinent comments set 
forth below subject's name, as appears on list. 




PMBs 

400 =“ 



■$ju INFORMATION CONTAINED 






SEARC 1 ro INDEXED 

AUG 2 1 1952 ^ . 

,..i -(- iP.VELAND j , / 






mm m 



Cortete 8* 



VtiMSSfr 

m*2®m 

acg'gsiiai 

200-39877 



ms vmmmm 



wy}$$?$ 
200*2933 5 In W 

C^S*35 Eufe 



lag is <m weal assort oi 



Jss gtam to £& 



P Sepfconfcor 2* 2952. Star ^siespL mz& &Xk fct* fes! eaioHsX 



of 15-35 Cab 275 CA. 



_ wmsjo of ^ tw t$m ^ -tala t>mn®, a^M m fc-ss^ssu 
iMo mttqg rm hy immUvb acssittea of ite 5®. Stoecj 

it* flttteotamt 



b2 

b6 

b7C 






mm mm 



f&o &gm3z &£ t&cs rmUtiz tsm as &3ta3* 

(2) Stafc as aoMammA by &W wmsmm that tho ISIS W 

XL.**-* h-^. ii. ..a, -A-i .urJt. ^ k _. v*. H> *e . *, ^ 




also «as$ufte©4 that thoy ks$ exes 3$ooss?$d xm tbs j^orwtMwt oif 

$S0 xmds at tbs g03ttoa&& 2Sofe& for $&>{$$<$ aitei&sg &&£ taxation* 

W ratawscKst ife&i apansars tswa *iec4e4 te tba 

forttoacsdiig «oavesti<m w& t&e %mm S$&&d to attempt to cat 39 
to m% as QpM8s#e £#? tbs oomrmtiosj# 

(31s A ftisyl raieiKfr oeasalttee &&& eottfcftHk «#j#s .*&«**» 4« 




.fiwl #I8Ml miTi^h Br&i ceoUm? of thto 
cotj.uocs mi^ t»Ka rxcss m tbs sow) of aira. hio;$ ros$ w< " 



bb 

b7C 



(8) 3fc coBoXtoiott aa ■eaaaimoaasatt tmo calls is tils «££tot t&tii a 
l&rty *&aXd bo givoa ca* 8-30*58 at 283rd ssd glacaaft to onteytaia m*t ^a<SS) 
t&o ?toUo»E4 j?csidcato cstalttea of tlso ATO. | fru «hg, of ^Hy. 



46*35 m z?$~m 

&L IRFOS^A’TIG^ GOTAIKSD 

^V»7G? J T h "' 



0ATE' 




SEARCHED irjDE(ED_i_ I 

SERIALIZED.^- FILED^ZI| 

1952 

FBI - CLEVELAtj 



,:s 



t 



^dr~ ~ *)3 





$M 



Caste fca takm in £h& ai‘ t&> atm^ SMostta- 

tioa to jsa #$&$&$ it in *w& & ua? 10 no stot l^o t>$ 

ifo& &atoraB&fu 





EXPENSE OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST M0# 1952. 



Aug lst- 



«« 



2nd 



Trip from home to 151st Street , to | 

From 111th St . to 30th St to 151st St & home 

To I 



& home- 



Donation to party at 35th Street address- 

Typewriter for month of August 

Monthly pledge to Civil Rights 

Aug 5th 



To 



& home- 



To 55th & Euclid & home- 
Aug. 8th To I 



To 



Aug 19th . To 



[& ftbme- 
& home 



From 55th & Woodland to 
to 



pb home- 



Aug 21st 

”” 23rd Donation to party of C.R.C. & Foreign Bprn 



to 55th & Woodland- 
'& home- 



To 140th & Kinsman to 
Froqi 



& home- 



Aug 25th- 



From home to Buckeye & hack home- 
— Pledge to Negro Labor Council — 








SEARCHED. 

SERIALIZED 



ijsfl 



NDEXED 

iLED.„.^.. 

1 0 1952 

FBI - CLEVELAND 







Cleveland, Ohio 

SEP 1 2 1952 ’ 



MEMO SAC 
100-18972 

100-11731 | 

100-18406 Rotheriberf 
100-10116 | 

100-20042 

100-2575 



100-13371 

100-17033 

100-11826 

100-2535 

100-17902 

100-18695 

100-18760 



Progressive Party 



100-16463 Political Activities 



The following is an oral report of as received 

hy SA on September 5* 1952. The original memo 

will be found as Serial — &UI - — _ of 66-35 Sub 275 SA 



"•September 3> 1952 

"Progressive Party meeting on September 3, 1952, at Progressive 
Party Headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio. 



"Those ~present:l 



JULIA BROTO, 



DOR ROTHEHBER&J 



"The business discussed at this meeting was as follows: 

"1. DOST ROTH®! BERG gave a report of Progressive Party’s 
,sta®d in connection with the urban redevelopment program as pro- 
posed by the City Council of Cleveland. He read a three page 
mimeographed statement which will be sent ou t, to all Prnp-r ’p.Rsivp. 

Party members in the mail in the -near future] then took 

the floor in behalf of her local, supported DOR ROTHERBERG in con- 
nection with this program. When this was concluded, ROTHMBERG- 
stated tQ' all present that this urban redevelopment question was 
a hot issue to which all Progressives must give their utmost sup- 
port and endeavors, as it is a question which can be used in con- 
nection with recruiting new members into the Progressive Party. 

"2. It was announced that | would be in t he State 

of Ohio from October 8 until October 10, 1952. I will 

appear at Youngstown, Cleveland, Canton, and Dayton, Ohio , where 

he will give public addresses in connection w ith 'the prespntc$?r-o-_ indexed 

gressive Party campaign to elect HALLINAR and | | DOR ROJHERBERG-^^!! r 



JMPsrlk 

66-35 Sub 275 SA 



bbreiiii IT 



MEMO SAC 

i 

| it was announced, will accompany 

[ to these various cities. It was al so announced ihat 
$200 . 00 had “been raised which w ould he used “by I | in con- 
nection with, his visit to Ohio | [ contributed $50.00 

aud | $100.00 in "behalf of their varioUs sections an4 it was 

announced that Canton and Dayton would have to raise $50.00 them- 
selves. 

"3. it was next announced that VIBCIWT HALLIMN, Progressive 
Party candidate for president, will "be in Cleveland on October 24, 
1952, and in connection with 



| It was also announced 

that radio and television time has been promised by local stations, 
the time and date to be announced at a future, meeting. • 



"4. then made a financial report in regard 

to the State Progressive Party picnic held in Youngstown, Ohio, on 
Labor Day, She stated that the profit was $240.00, and in raiimn. 
she was given $25.00 for her expenses and for the expenses of 
regarding their trip to Farrell, Pennsylvania. 11 



Care should be used in disseminating the above information 
to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 




-V 



T 





f 



Cleveland, Ohio 

SEP 1 2 1952 



MEMO SAC 






100-11731 
lo&sisiaz 
6-35 Sud 



■3&TJ 



100-18760 PP 
100-17087 CEC , 
100-17361 Hegro 



The following is the verbatim re-nort. nf[ 



July 17, 1952 received hy SA| 

The original memo will he found as serial 



bated 



on September 2, 1952, 
~7Ty? of 66-35 Sub 275 SA. 



“7/17/52" 

“A caucus meeting held on July 4 at Civil Eights Congress 
Headquarters at Pur Workers Union Building, 1405 West Cortez, Chicago, 
Illinois, 



“Those xr e sent —I l (Fur 

Workers, Chicago), ! | (W ilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ) 

(all of the above from CSC National Committee^! I 



(from the Progressive Party Convention). 

“purpose of the meeting was to discuss inclusion of points 
on genocide in convention resolution. 



were 



“The points discussec 
delegates to the CEC Committee! 
unwillingness to include the charge of genocide or any of its phases in 

Those objecting to inclusion in 



a statement bv Progressive Party 
which presented an 



convention reso lutions or -platforms. 
convention were 

Progressive Party delegates cautioned against a floor fight on the issue. 
Agreement made t o not press it on the floor by CEC and Progressive 
Party delegates. | | urged full pressure in committees to obtain 

best possible decision and wordage pertaining to his charge of genocide. 



JMF- MED 

66-35 sub 275 SA 
CC: 4 - Hew York 

1 - Chicago 
1 - Pittsburgh 
1 - Eichmond 




SEARCHED INDEXED 

SERIAU 7 ^D. 

o r~> 1 " 

X .J Iv'UX. 






h2 

b6 

b7C 



b6 

b7C 






MEMO SAC 




"Scheduled, meeting with GRC delegates and Southern Progressive 
party delegates at YWCA breakfast meeting." 



Care should be used in disseminating the above information 
to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 




Si ghed statement of c ooperation with Bureau, by 
,SA I on 11 t 6-52 (sent to LA) 



lrnished to 



Receipt dated 3pl5=* 
furnished, to SA 



.n handwrit ing of 
>n 4-8-53 by| 



Receipt dated’ 3 -4-5^ for £2^0 i n handwritin g of FRIEDA K ATZ 
furnished ta SA| Ion 4-8-53 byf I . 




furnished bjH 



Form FD-228, ” Payments to Informants." 



on 1-8-54 to '31 



One photo* of I Itakehs oh 9-9-54 : at. AlcqaV rec'd from- . >. 

| .by SA | | on 9 t13-54. 

Article,. "I :‘Was, a Spy 'fo^ the j!FBi, " by JULIA C. BROWN^ rec’d 3-7-£l 
from March, ,i f 96l/ issue qf "Ebony." . magazine . . • C 



■ j/,. \ - ' ' 



n&tr 







FD-228 







PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS 



Name or Symbol No: 
File No: 



AUTHORITY 
(SAC or Bulet 
Date, period, 
amounts) 

Period pd. June 1951 

, Period pd 

Period pd. 6- 12-51 
Period pd. 6-25-51 
Period pd. 6-29-51 
Period pd. 7-11-51 



DATE PAID ■ AMOUNT PAID 

Services Expenses 



6— It— 5l 


10.00 


6-9-51 


i5.oo 


6-llf-5l 


10.00 


6-26-51 


21.00 


7-3-51 


hk.oo 


7-10-51 


10.00 



Period pd. 7-17-51 7-2lj-5l 

Period pd. 7-23-51 7-2l*-5l 

Butel 7-2-51 period 3 mo. 

eff. 7-1-51, $10 rept. 

not exceed $ijO per mo . - « 

Period pd. 8-9-51 to 8-lIi-5l 8-llj-5l 



10.00 

20 . 00 . 

20.00 



Period pd. 8-17—51 to 8-2l_j— 5l * 9-5—51 

Period pd. 9-2-51 to 9-8-51 9-10-51 

Period pd 9-21-51 

Bulet 9-1&-51 period 3 mo; 
eff. 9-l5-5l-$10 per rept. 
not exceed $60 mo. plus exp. 

Period pd. 9-15-51 to 9-22-51 9-28-51 

Period pd. 9-23-51 to 10-1-51 10-3-51 



20.00 

20.00 

30.00 

11.65 

73.62 

315.27' 



11.65 

73.62 



This item is not to bear a serial number, but is to be kept on 
top of all other serials in the file. 



1 



FD-228 



PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS 



Name or Symbol No 
File No: 




AUTHORITY 
(SAC or Bulet 
Date, period, 
amounts) 



DATE PAID ■ AMOl 

Services 



“TOTAL BROUGHT FORWARD 



315.27 



Period pd. 10-1-51 to 10-10-51 


10-8-51 


60.00 




Period pd 


11-2-51 


68.30 


68.30 


Bulet 10-31-51 period 3 mo. 
eff. 11-1-51, $10 per rept. 
not exceed $100 mo. plus exp. 
Period pd. 11-1,2,5-51 


* 

n- 5-51 


30.00 




Period pd, 11-8-11,12-51 


11-1I1-51 


30.00 




Period pd. 11-Hj-la to ll-2l]-5l 


11-26-51 


ItO.OO 




Period pd. 11-1-51 to 11-17-51 


11-26-51 


22.20 


22.20 


Butel 11-19-51 authorizing 
payment of $55.60. 

Period pd. ll-2h-5l to 11-25-51 


11-26-51 


55-.60 


55.60 


Period pd. 12-1-51 to 12-6-51 


12-7-51 


50.00 




Butel 12 - 6-51 authorizing 
payment of $59.95 
Period pd 


12-llj-5l 


59.95 


59.95 


Period pd. 11-18-51 to 12-10-55- 


12-1I1-51 


28.01 


28.01 


Period pd. 12-6-51 to 12-12-51 


12-H1-51 


50.00 




Period pd. 12-10-51 to 12-21-51 


1-2-52 


22.18 




Period pd. 1-7-52 to 1-9-52 


1-7-52 


100.00 

931751 





This item is not to bear a serial number, but is to be kept on 
top of all other serials in the file. 




FD-228 




PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS 



Name or Symbol No 
File No: 



AUTHORITY ■ 


DATE PAID 






(SAC or Bulet Services 

Date, period, $ 

amounts) 

TOTAL BROUGHT FORWARD 


Expenses 

93i,5l 


Period pd. June 1952 






85.50 


27.62 


Bulet 1-25-52 period 3 mo. 
eff. 2-1- 52 -$125. mo. plus exp. 
Period pd. 2-1-52 to 2-29-52 


3-5-52 




125.00 




Period pd. 2-1-52 to 2-29-52 


3-17-52 




65.95 




Period pd. 3-1-52 to 3-31-52 


5-1-52 




125.00 




Butel 3-21-52 authorizing payment 
of #55.56 

Period pd. 3-1-52 to 3-31-52 5-23-52 




55.56 


55.56 


Period pd. 5-1-52 to JU— 30— 52 


lj-28-52 




125.00 




Period pd 


5-15-52 




32.90 


32.90 


Butel 5-9-52 authorizing 
payment of 

Period pd* 


5-15-52 




51.15 


51.15 


Bulet JU— 23— ^2 period 6 mo. 
eff. 5-1-52-1150 mo. plus exp. 
Period pd. 5-1-52 to 6-1-52 " 


6-9-52 




183.55 




Period pd* 6-1-52 to 6-30-52 


7-3-52 




265.55 


115.55 


Period pd. 7-1-52 to 8-1-52 


7-25-52 


i5o.oo 


150.00 




Butel 7-2-52 authorizing 
payment of $75. 

Per od pd. 7-6-52 to 7-10-52 


7-25-52 




75.00 
' 2250.57 




This item is not to bear a serial number, 
top of all other serials in the file. 


but is to be kept on 


0 



3 



FD-228 



• • 



PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS 




Period pd. July 1952 8-21-52 33. UO 



Period pd. 8-1-52 to 9-1-52 9-2-52 150.00 186.50 36.5© 

Period pd. 9-1-52 to 10-1-52 10-3-52 150.00 202.05 52.05 



Period pd. 10-1-52 to 10-31-52 


11-6-52 


150.00 


150.00 




period pd. 11-15-52 to 11-1-52 


11-15-52 




52.50 


52.50 


Bulet 10-27-52 period 6 mo. 
eff . 11-1-52, $150 per mo. 
plus exp. 

Period pd. 11-1-52 to 11-30-52 


12-1-52 ' 


150.00 


150.00 




Period pd. 11-1-52 to 12-1-52 


12-3-52 




5i.i5 


5i.i5 


Period pd. 12-1-52 to 1-1-53 


2-12-53 




110.30 


35.30 


Period pd. 2-1-53 to 2-28^-53 


3-5-53 


150.00 


180.90 


30.90 


Period pd. 3-1-53 to 5-1-53 


5-8-53 


150.00 


215.10 


65.10 


Period pd. 5-1-53 to 5-1-53 


5-5-53 


201.00 


201.00 




Bulet li— 27— 53 period 6 mo. 
eff. 5-1-53 , #175 per mo. 
plus exp. 

Period pd. 5-1-53 to 6-1-53 


6-2-53 




213.15 


38.15 


Period pd. 6-1-53 to 7-1-53 


7-6-53 




230.35 


55.35 


Period pd. 7-1-53 to 7-31-53 


8-5-53 




218.75 




Period pd. 8-1-53 to 9-1-53 


9-8-53 




195.00 


19.00 


This item is not to bear a serial number, 
top of all other serials in the file. 


but is to be 


Eep^°on 


5 



I*] 








Date 



/y ^ 




utor 




Yes < > 

No (Vf 




OS* CONTAINED 






^Irvt^bjpe 
















Tit S3, EHt-S- of co&£t^i&*xtog? 



b2 



i 3 y, 



/a f ■■! 



.i I, - ilk 



(5??£ime s-vf fe ‘ £ ^*C';gil &.JgSzt%} 





\ 

Js 



^x.r T xwo^saATX^ doa*TAiss®^n 
t« imcL^ssis^sP, 




0 A 



3 c ^ c 7c£^r 



cr cr 

-j <j\ 





( eoa tr tbu tor) 



13 &- 



Tg*«* lief >K«*ui'i5ie<£. x *ss» ( 

. ( 




£■ 

-r 



*2 + *J CP 







b2 

b6 

b7C 









1 Je f ^ riptiw * A; f £>-228 
"Payments to 



File ?*», 



S*? ****** 

DA ^L^%- 






ESRIOD 



ay $55-60 






Bute! 3-21-52 -author 



» *5V.*€> 

- SS. tfo 



Bute! £-9j-$2 ajuthor pa^^^ef 

*9/3. *r 

piu ? e 2 p L. |L_- 



plus exp. I! „ • _ 

;; /p 

Bute! 7-2-52 ajuthor. pavraE^t of /J wSp*. 



<7 



/!-/¥?/ \Sfr/f & /JY^k 



a irr fiT- rrr 

'S<£ A0 < ^ AP-iA?Jf57 






-tSAb 



jm ,j 

/dr/ub /O'-dS/’tAt 











UTHORITY & 



SALARY & EXPENSES 



let 10-27-5^ Der. 6 mo^' 6 ^ ‘ • ' 
52, $150 mo j' /So. oc> _ 

- //Ljs 

~ » $/<Sa..0o 

— 

j $ /fsva .. .. 

" -JZ'S'./o. _ .... 

Alet 14-21-53 p sr. 6 £? /r0 ° ~ 

fete^sfe®*- TO.ao.o^vWC-... _ 

f t - . 



i — " r „ _ 

I " h. H/M /# 

Radiogram S'- 17-5 3 author^ ^a^nnent of $21. 

* I - .JJrt.oo ' '...' 

teMi md^AAs. 




3c> 

o?0£,4o 

x£a-0!..4&. 



PAID 

EXPENSES 



DATE &- 
IDENTITY OF 
CONTACT . 










r llxLL INFO&IATIO& CONTAINED 
¥ HEREIN 1$ UNCLASSIFIED 




date 

6- Ii-Jl 
-3-51 

7- 10-51 
7-2ii-5l 
7-2h r 5l 




b2 



period 

June * 

thrp. 6-29-51 
2 7-11 

" 7-17 

» 7-23 




asJ~o — ■ 4 " ^ / 



L-lk'S I 



/dLA — 



- - i ^ ~ ^ / 






















J 



-*--#rJ ** 

■J^! -1^ . F '■ 



1 






4y*J-1- 






r^if 






s,. 



Jl 

i 



ft 



y 



a 



U 

if 



4’ 



i‘i 



V.Y* V 



/’ * 



k nv 



x 4: v 
^>**\: 
fW 






X’ 



1 f - J - 

■..:*.x 



A'<V VAvV 
v \h\ VA 

/, \". -v- • 4 

■f *v ■ ' .’* I' 

s//VxA’\ iV 1 .*, 



:i( ; 

*4’ 



S ■> 



* > 



^ v 4 ' v. V-' 

v^v^V -- ' ’■ 



V v - wii'* 7. ,.'■■■ 

■ - 

,;(a\v .. . 
%>&WAA 

;*X*v> * “ k *‘* ; 

ii\ . W * 



.. *>\I\J ‘ 

. 'V'wp. ■ 

Jp tri J j ‘ 

■ ^ * r 



; . ■ ‘ \ i 

. '<s 1 * v r+ 

S, ■ ^^’Cv 

v / ,,. '-'• ■?.3* 

It \ \ s' \ *■' * 

V "V t V V \V\. ’ ' J 

r J*M 

r?\v v v v u . 



v aa> 

(\: • V 



i\ lK 



Jv \ 



Xv,'^ 



l 1 j y* 






t 



r j v ' 7 J ' 

land, Ohio, housewife, was an FBI “informant” in the Communist 
Party and Communist front groups, 

The personable woman, who is now living in retirement on the West 
Coast, penetrated Communist circles in the early 50’s, ro'se to the posi- 
tion of treasurer of her section and survived, at great danger to herself, 
attempts by party toughs to weed out FBI undercover workers. 

During this period, Mrs, Brown provided valuable information to the 
government on the Communist Party and its efforts to infiltrate the , 
NAACP, other civil rights, organizations and Negro churches. She 
slipped Communist documents to the FBI and wrote regular reports 
on Communist-inspired meetings which were attended, she says, by 
singer Paul Robeson and other Negroes, 

Mrs. Brown carried off her masquerade with such aplomb that 
Communist colleagues offered to give her a party when she gave up 
the work last June and moved to the West Coast. And she received 
Christmas cards from some of her former associates as late as last 
December. For the Ohio Communist Party, this exclusive article will 
confirm for the first time what was suspected but never proven: Com- 
rade Julia was, indeed, an FBI agent. For the former Comrade Julia, 
tins article marks the end of a long nightmare of pretending and in- 
triguer. When the 55-year-old woman turned in her final report last 
April, she was on the verge of mental and physical collapse. 

“I was going just about nuts,”' she says, “and my health was going. I 
had contracted arthritis, running around to meetings late at night in the 
rain and cold and snow. And then last year, I almost had a nervous 
breakdown. I had to stop. I was being taxed. I haven t gotten back 
to my real self yet. I guess you never do.” 

Despite the high price she paid, Mrs. Brown is convinced that her 
undercover activities were right and necessary. Her long association 
- with Communists has convinced her that the party is^ioTiiitereWd'ifT 
the Negro’s struggle for civil rights, In fact, she says, the Communist 
Party is prostituting the legitimate grievances of Negroes to further its 
own end. It is vitally necessary, she adds, for Negro Americans to 
understand six points about the party and its current program: 

1) “They have always believed in the overthrow of the government. 



They preach it. They teach there is no other way to gain their ends. 
They talk in the open now about coexistence, but they get in a meeting 
and if they’re sure everybody is loyal, they’ll let you know there is no 
such thing as peaceful coexistence.” 

2) “The Communist Party is weaker today among Negroes than it 
was 10 years ago. Negroes are opening their eyes. The party is preach- 
ing but not practicing. There is as mqch prejudice in the Communist 
Party as there is in Mississippi. They pick a few Negroes to represent 
all the rest of the Negroes, Communists pretend that they don’t believe 
in white chauvinism,' but there is plenty of segregation in the party.” 

\ 3) Top Red officials are “disillusioned by the response of Negroes. 
In Cleveland, New York and Chicago, from 1948 to 1951, there were a 
goodly number of Negro members. So many of them are not active 
today, are not paying their dues and are not attending meetings. Over 
the entire United States, I feel sure there are no more than a few real 
dyed-in-the-wool Negro Communists. There are loads of sympathizers, 
of course, and a lot of fellow-travelers, but there aren’t many dyed-in- 
the-wool Negro Communists.” 

4) “Negro leadership must remain alert. Communists are barging in 
,every chance they get. And the greatest opportunity for mass penetra- 
tion is what is going on now among Negroes.” She says the party 
recently ordered an all-out drive in the Negro community. The 
NAACP: She thinks the Reds have “little or no” influence on the 
NAACP as a whole. But at one time, she says, Red big-wigs boasted 
that the Chicago chapter of the NAACP had been successfully infil- 
trated. Subsequently, she reports, Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive 
secretary, and local leaders moved in and cleaned up the chapter. 
Negro churches: “They have attempted to infiltrate every Negro organ- 
ization. The churches, especially. The last meeting I went to, they 
were talking about infiltrating the churches more. They want members 
^EojS'in 'the" church and be active in die* club’fandTocieSerTli^^ 
even tying to get into the Roman Catholic Church.” Mrs. Brown adds: 
“I know a young man, a member of the Communist Party, who finished 
school and the party sent him to school to become a minister. He is 
now assistant minister of a church in Cleveland. He is a Communist. 

I have been to meetings with him. They are doing that now, sending 



Reenacting bold coup she pulled for FBI, Mrs. Julia C. Brown looks on as husband, James Brown ( 1. ) , transfers records of Communist-front organization to car of Federal agent 
(posed by model). Unsuspecting leaders of organization had asked her to hide records in basement of her home. Mrs. Brown relaxes ( opp. page) in yard of West Coast home. 



■ « 

? < m 






- 



■&: 



* /’ 



...1 



/ 






1 *®g S . , 

h xvm 



‘V* 



A 

*■*-** v « 



i! 









KVr 



In White House office, Hatcher checks schedule with Miss Gill Cowan, a receptionist. 
During campaign, he assisted Salinger on every major assignment. Said one news- 
_rnan: "When Pierre slept. Hatch worked or vice versa. They were a 24-hour team.” 



n i 



'Atafr 



r/ii ^ 



Jjlr* ) 

. */■ 






V 



be Fashionable.,. 

at school with light, bright Boyal Grown 

For a quick, easy lesson in good grooming, use Royal Crown Hair 
Dressing— the light, bright modern way to keep your hair in style. 

The original hair dressing with Oil of Bergamot, Olive Oil and 
other rich oils . . . Royal , Crown helps flatter your hair with an 
ever-so-light softness . . . brightens your hair with glossy beauty. 



Royal Crown 

: HAIR DRESSING 



be FASHIONABLE. . . apd thrifty, too! 

At Capitol City Press club meeting, Hatcher, Salinger (2nd fr. 1.) greeted Negro Royal Crown Hair Dressing for women \ 

newsmen. They were made honorary members. With President sensitive to minor- Deluxe Pomade for men . . . 15c and 35c. 

ities, they will probably widen opportunities for Negro newsmen at White House. r j\ MERIC A* S LARGEST SELLING HAIR DRESSING 

INFO^TIGCJ QQmAimQ *y 93 

SBBBJtt IS ONGLASSlFIEO n 










1 




IS YOUR HAIR PROBLEM 
ONE OF1HESE? 




Glover’s can help you — whatever your hair or scalp 
problem. In one medicinal treatment Glover’s cleanses and stim- 
ulates the scalp . . . relieves itching . . . removes scalp scale . . . 
leaves the hair soft, lustrous, and easy-to -manage . . . starts to 
control infectious dandruff and to heal infected scalp areas. 





Here is how 
Glover’s works: (l)The 
purest mineral Base (non- Si 
asphaltic) petroleum and 
cosmetic lanolin lubricate 
and soften the scalp. 

(2) Refined oil of pine tar gives soothing, antiseptic relief. 

(3) The finest microground colloidal sulphur restores an important 
element to the skin necessary for normal tissue formation. 

(4) Mercaptone — an exclusive Glover additive — provides extra 
dandruff protection. 

The simple, 3 -step Glover treatment: (1) Apply Glover’s 
and massage thoroughly. Leave on for 15 minutes. (2) Shampoo 
hair as usual. (3) Groom hair, then notice the remarkable new, 
fresh alive look . . . enjoy the clean, waked -up feeling your scalp 
has after the Glover treatment. 




FOR HAIR & SCALP 

IMPROVED SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS SINCE 1876 






A 




Last home in Cleveland was brick house on Edgewood Avenue. Neighbors believed 
she was dedicated Communist, shunned her. In varied career, Mrs. Brown has 
worked, as waitress, secretary,, window trimmer. She moved to Cleveland in 1943. 



I WAS A SPY FOR THE FBI Continued 

party members to school to become ministers.” 

5) In a stepped-up drive to win more Negro members , particularly 
Negro men , the party is using sex bait , i. e,, white women , parties and 
dances. “They use dances, house parties, anything, to get people in the 
party. It’s an old Communist method. They use women as bait.” 

6) The extent of Communist penetration among Negroes is some- 
times exaggerated by well-meaning but uninformed persons. She dis- 
agrees with former President Truman who was quoted as saying the 
sit-in movement was Communist-inspired. Mrs. Brown, who attended 
state and national party conventions, says: “The sit-in movement was 
not Communist-inspired, but the Communists have tried to infiltrate it. 
Truman was wrong. The Communists would have never inspired a 
movement based bn passive resistance. They don't believe in that. 
They don’t do anything that’s decent. But after it started, they tried 
to jump on the bandwagon.” 

Mrs. Brown offers these observations in the hope that American 
Negroes will take them to heart and avoid the snares and pitfalls of the 
party. She learned the hard way. Thirteen years ago, she became 
involved with the party during a local election in Cleveland. At that 
time, Mrs. Brown and her husband, James, were solid and substantial 
citizens of the community. They owned their own home. They were 
Episcopalians. Mr. Brown was a capitalist of sorts. He was in the 
contract hauling business and he owned three trucks. 

But Airs. Brown was bored with “being just a housewife” and she 
burned with a passion to do something about the injustices of the 
world. The Communists cleverly exploited her dissatisfaction. Little 
by little, they drew her into their orbit. They praised her work in the 
political campaign. They invited her to parties. They praised her 
ingenuity, her boldness and her drive. Finally, in December of 1947, 
she was given the “rush act” at a Christmas party. Mrs. Brown says 
she was recruited by Frieda Zucker Katz, who was one of the leaders 
of the Civil Rights Congress. 



96 







Making contact with FBI agent in reenactment staged with professional model, Mrs. 
Brown turns over documents and reports on part>^ plans. She went to meetings hy 
indirect route. She says she has been in an FBI office only one time in her life. 

/ WAS A SPY FOR THE FBI Conf/nuecf ' --- 

Comrade Julia, as party m emb ers called lier, soon discovered that 
the work of an FBI undercover agent involves more day-to-day drudg- 
ery than cloak-and-dagger excitement. She attended Communist meet- 
ings three and four and. sometimes five times a week. She went to house 
parties and dances. And she wrote reports on everything she saw and 
heard. At least once a month, she met an FBI agent and gave him 
documents and other material she had gathered. She also communi- 
cated wit la tlae IT 13 1 by mail and lay" telephone. Her FBI code name 
was ~G. G. End/" 

"The FBI expected plenty of you/ > she says. "I had to watch and 
be a Tale to describe and identify people at meetings. I had to listen 
very carefully to what was said and who said it. I had to look for 
identifying marks ora people X didn't know; I laad to rem ember tlaeix: 
laeiglat, age, color of eyes, etc., X was just nervous all tlae time. I was 
driven on oxae laaxad lay tlae C o zaaxaaaxxa i s t s axad on tlae other lay tlae FBI. 
T wasn't driven lay tlae IT 13 1, but tlaey laad standards fox- you to oome 
up to and you struggled To coxaae up to them.” 

One of tlae xneetings Mrs. Brown says slae reported to tlae EI3I was 
la eld at a laall on Auburn Avenue oxa tlae West Side of Cleveland. Slae 
says Paul liobeson was oxae of tlae main speakers. Slae says slae went 
njp to tlae rostrum axad talked to Robeson aft ex- tlae naeeting. "I knew 
laim ip ex-son ally/' slae says. "I laave met him at Communist Party con- 
ventions axad meetings at least four or five times.” 

The housewife-turned-spy says la ex- biggest coup as an agent was tlae 
turning ovex- to tlae FBI of tlae records of a Communist-front organiza- 
tion. Slae says oxae of tlae leaders of tlae organization asked her to laide 
tlae x-ecox-ds in her basemexat. '"I put tlae x-ecox-ds in my basement/' slae 
says, "and tlaen I called the FBI. They laad me get nay husband and 
bring tlae records down behind tlae Cleveland Indians ball park. - Tlaey 
checked tlae x*ecox~ds and x~etux-ned them tlae same niglxt. That was a 
big job- I "was IcincL of ipx'oud of tlaat." 

JVI x's . Brown’s neighbors and friends did not share her pride. It was 
generally known in tlae community tlx at slae was a Communist. And slae 
W as persona non to old friends axad acquaintances . People who 



Confinued on Page 7 00 











Recalling: her experiences as undercover agent, Mrs. Brown runs gamut of emotions. 
Her expressive face mirrors uncertainty, anger art cl amusement. “I have never 
said I was working for tlie KBI,” she say's. “I worked te i tli. the FBI for my country.” 

“Frieda asked me to sign my name to a long piece of paper,” ivlrs. 
Brown says. "I had no time to read it„ but X was interested in joining 
an organization that was fighting for civil rights and so I joined. X had 
a certain ambition to do something that needed to be done for me and 
nay people. So here, I thought, is a group of white people on my side. 
At first, you would tin ink they are the finest people in the ’world. Abso- 
lutely no difference. JNTo segregation . It was just as if they didn’t know 
the difference between Negro and white. It’s only when yon are deeply 
embedded in the party that yon find ont what’s behind all this/' 

It didn’t take Mrs. Brown long to see through the veils of the illusion. 
She realized after a few meetings that she had a rod bear by the tail. : 
The wild talk afoont revolutions and overthrowing the government i 
frightened laea*. And then, before she could got la or balance, the party : 
askod la or for* $100 to help finance party leaders wlao were going ran d or— 
ground to avoid arrests under the S xaa itla Act and tlao Nixon-Mundt 13111. 
Clearly, Mrs. Brown thought, tlais is no ordinary political party. 

Tlao Cleveland housewife also objected to tlao strict thought oontrol 
imposed on party members . In 1948, slao broke wi tla tlao party ovea* tlao 
rival candidacies of President Truman and Henry Wallace. "I worke d 
witla tlao- party,” slao explained, “to pant Henry Wallace ovor. And I 
continued going to meetings. But I became siok of what tlaoy woa*o 
saying ala ont Ana erica and I took Wallace’s picture off nay house and 
pant up Truman’s picture. After T a- nan axa won, Frieda Katz told me I 
could never become a Communist laocauso I wouldn’t lot them 
guide me.” 

Six: aaaoaatlas later, Mrs. Brown -wont to tlao IT 13 1 and reported what slao 
la ad done. After tlao interview, slao went laonao and tried to forget tlao 
whole miserable exp erience. Then, ala ont a year later, an IT 13 1 agent 
called on her and askod her to go la a ok into tlao party as an un der cover 
agent. Mrs. Brown said slao would try. Slao started mingling witla 
Communists. Slao distributed leaflets and made herself available for 
paarty causes. Slao was latex* reinstated in tlao party. 



Confinuecf on Next Poge 




1*5X00 



I fated 



& 5 D 

pPI, 

5 M 



Reliving tense moment, Mrs. Brown looks in shop window and realizes that she is 
being followed. “When I was nnder suspicion/’ she says, ft I was followed constantly 
■ — -every place. They tliought that when I left a meeting I would meet the FBI.” 

I WAS A SPY FOR THE FBI c 

used to stop by for a friendly chat started avoiding her. Old friends 
cut her dead in tiro streets. — 

<C I was isolated/’ Mrs. Brown observes. “I had one or two dear 
friends, but the others just walked away from me. X was Isolated out 
of the Democratic party. I was a committeeman and judge in my pre- 
cinct. But they pushed me out altogether. I was hurt very mucb there, 
because I loved my work. Even the neighborhood clubs refused to 
accept me. X was just something that smelled to them.” 

Ivirs. Brown could bave dispelled this fog of distrust with a word, but 
she couldn’t say the word and so she suffered in silence. Only her 
husband and one or two other* persons were privy to her- secret. She 
was even barred from confiding in her minister- “That’s why I lost my 
health/’ she says. “I couldn’t sit down and explain to anyone. I had 
to keep to myself and pray and work out things the best way I could/’ 
Mr. Brown, who was* an innocent bystander, also suffered. One day 






f 



'■m 



hi 



Pi' 



V. 



-ST*- 



1 






ii u h i Q cr n 




Walking dog, slie enjoys 
comparative carefree life 
of liousewife. Slie recent- 
ly joined church in new 
community. Slie dropped 
out of church while slie 
was i 11 party, says r 
“That's one thing I 
'wouldn't let tliem do. I 
'wouldn't lot them make 
me infiltrate my church.” 







fiSSii 







I WAS A SPY FOR THE FBI 

a man called liim triad cancelled the insurance on his car triad three 
truclcs. “Sorry," the man said. “Personal reasons This blow was 

softened by tr good Samaritan app ar en tly the FBI. The manager of 

another insurance company came out triad wrote insurance on the car 
and trucks. 

There were other blows that Mr*s. Brown had to Paco alone. She says 
she faced a big crisis of conscience when she was ordered Toy tire p ar ty 
to infiltrate tire NAACP. "T went into itg” sire says., “with two faces. I 
went in to do a real job for tire NAACP and to nr alee reports hack to 
tire Communist Party tire way X saw fit. I tried to Ire fair to tire NAACP 
and False to tire Cdommmrists. I didn't intend to harm tire NAACP in 
5 any way. I'm lOO per cent with tire NAACP and I think tlrey are doing 
3 a woirderf nl job. Top government officials are aware tlrat tire NAACP 
- is legal air d is wox'king in tire American way for* first-class citizenship 
for all Americans/’ 

T Ire undercover agent was rescued from her ' dilemma wlren an 
NAACP official x*e cognised her as a Conrmnnist and spread tire word 
around. “They didn’t say any tiring to me/*’ sire reports, “but yon could 
feel tire air getting cold . Tlrey didn’t allow me to move in any direction. 
Oh, tlrey are smart go y s down in Cleveland, tiros e NAACP guys." 

During tire last year's of her service, Mrs . Brown was under suspicion 
in tire party. On one occasion, two party officials walked up to her and 
demanded tlrat sire give tlrem tire notes sire was writing. “They told 
me/’ sire recalls, “that tlrey didn’t waxrt me to lose tire notes and have 
tlrem fall into unfriendly hands. ^Why certainly/ I said, tearing up tire 
notes at tire same time. ‘Certainly. I didn’t know tlrat.’ I tore tire paper 
up into little pieces and gave tire pieces to tire nr witlr a smile.” 

Tire former ag6nt believes jealousy played some part in tire charges 
tlrat were brought against her in tire party. “There is a lot of jealousy 
in tire party against tire few Negroes who aeon mu late any tiring. Tlrey j 
seem to w an t to keep tire Negro down where tlrey can p>nll him up when I 







y\ WAS A SPY FOR THE FBI 



ConFin uecf 



they want to. They want to keep tlie Negro oppressed. Well, they 
were jealous of me because I had a three-family home and then bought 
a nice brick home in Shaker Heights. That was one of the reasons they 
th o u ght I was working for the HBI. They called me a petty bourgeoisie. 
Maybe, tL^ey couldn’t see how I could be a Communist anyway.” 

The oat and mouse game reached melodramatic heights during the 
last year of Mrs. Brown’s service. She "was threatened. Strange men 
trailed her home from Communist mootings. Jam os Brown says he 
' heard the oar pull into the driveway ono night and then, almost imme- 
diately, he heard a blood-curdling s or earn. t<c I ran out/’ he says, "and 
X saw ono man on our sido of the street and two mon on the other side. 
My wife says she scroamod when ono of the mon approached the 
oar. When I ran out., they ran away.” 

^ Tlie Browns to ole preventive measures. They installed a special flood— 

' light system ai’ound the house. And they bought King, a big German 
shepherd who is fiercely devoted to Mrs. Brown. 

King, however, was absent on the niglit that Mrs. Brown faced la or 
greatest trial. She was accused at a party meeting of being "a stool 
pigeon for the FBI.” A woman said she saw her writing down names 
at a state party meeting. Mrs. Brown denied the charge. "I told them 
that X didn’t have to write down the names of people I knew. And X 
couldn’t write down the iram es of people I didn’t know. I fought back 
with everything I lx ad. I had to fight back, because I was ^sore afraid,’ as 
the Bible says. I was afraid inside, but I didn’t show it outside. They 
bave a way of dealing with you when you don^t act right, like beating 
you with a hose.” 

Fighting with lxox* back against the wall, feigning indignation and 
injured innocence, Mrs. Brown out talked her accuser’s and tlxe matter 
was dropped. A few months later, she left tire party and wont to tiro 
West Coast to live. 

"I Irate wlrat I left,” slro says, "I was very glad to got away from it. I 
am so relieved. I have to adjust myself and find new friends and even 
learn lrow to act among* tlr ose jpeojple. Tiro almost nine years took every- 
thing away. X forgot tiro fine things X was used to doing and thinking. 
Being in tiro Communist Party drags you down and degrades you. 
When I left, X couldn’t t hi irk good. X was crabby and cross. X seemed 
to Ira vo had to do it tiro hard way. One thin g tlr at helped to make it 
hard for me is tlrat my education was limited. X didn’t go to college/ I 
only went through high school.” 

Ivlx-s. Brown, wlro was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and migrated to the 
TsTox'th wheir she was 17, refuses to say how much money she was paid 
by the FBI. She says simply that the FBI paid her* expenses. And she 
insists that she would do it agaixr if it 'wox'o necessary. 

"Some people,” she concludes, "will ' look down on me, but as for 
myself, I will, as I always have, hold my head high and be very p>roud 
and grateful that I had the privilege to serve my country as any loyal 
Am eric an should do. And if I a nr ever asked or see any reason to serve 
on my own agaixr, I will proudly do so.” 












Self-Rising: 



FLOUR or 
CORN MEAL* 



Y ovl mix: witli 
fine products 

axe already 

satisfactio 



lDeoau.se ixx Tootlr Xlrese 
POWDER and SAXjT 
ecL - - - t> u t s till Ixave tlxe 
IX of ' 



Self - Rising F lo u r 
^ery tlxixxg from x*eal , 
t lDisouit;s and deli - 
3s t o frying olxiclcexx . 
tlie greatest of care 
f lo u r m ill on t lx e 
ard _ 



Washington Self — Jrlisixxg C orix IVXeal 

is * * water ground’ ’ fire old fashioned. 

way, hire slow way to give you the 

hest Ir o t com hread and muffins - - * 

hire best golden-browned pancakes 
and hushpuppies ... that you ever 
made and your family ever tasted. 



JL 



MAKERS O FAMOUS INDIAN-HEAD WATER GROUND WHITE CORN MEAL. 




Cleveland, Ohio 
September 23, 1952 



>. L C-3 



In accordance with the instructions set forth in 
SAC Letters #8?(b) c|ated September 9, 1952, and '/89(g) dated 
September 16, 1952, the captioned file is being closed. 

All serials formerly contained in this file (i.e* 

1 through ) are now identified as Serial 1 of Cleveland 



PAUL J. SHINE 



ALL INF08S4ATICS* CONTAINED 

HEREIN is unclassified . " 



SEARCHED INDEXED. ... 

SERIALISED.. JE^*fPti.ED 

SEP 2 3 1952 

FBI " C l:-V£Lrii"D\K ft- 







'g-atibop 

l instic&s ^vtJaMonai'i 



#££& -Toiisfeitt. 




mj- 



tiaM,^© iisra[ 

J v&L ; ■ ' ' ~ 



-'mm ' & mz&sv ' M 





:•■■ to M’:p& 

. ,., ^ ^ ,& ds^sdcjisfi.. /•"'/•' ; . ;. ‘ ■* , ’ ' *'. .' '■’' !iP "' 




was mntix** 



% '"'• V? ; ’ £ r - ' . *»& ! ?$&'$£ 3g aBBS& : &£ SgQV '.; ; 

■ 7 - ■ M&ltiQ&MvM' feta S£$o& ttes. l&tog ffaufck alilg o ] l Eo . \ > 

Q& ;$3^2»#: ftec& .$»| ka$-%s ns? oss&tijr' 

•*:'■•; v- £r* tso ^U8fe&|i^a i^sa. 



'fHs. 



lis&ssiiii 



Igjsjn'tifefrii 






mmcy 



F WE W&Q&' WS&'I® 3fegfl8&- p 



Matt? 't/i. ess*;' - ..- 
J - i$e ttw- J ' 

o£N> 1 

l%& : &&r <S6R* ' ,:i 



«& :ttsp i^tlx'$e& tri^.$K8cg$$y fe&i&itegg 4a ' * • ; 

■/^i^»%se^U ■ £i> xm !& «c64.$s «. v4$iQ$fe .4$ 3$ sssgpapea^' 

‘ $H9l jjg&ftftittofe 0 &&»»•' ' *•■ 

; 'vai5g:^^c}Si^V' • ••‘\ '.'vV ; ; . ,. .'•: ■'• fcv- '-.• .. ’ , - '.-. 'V/. v V-'4V'v - 







EXPENSE^’OR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER* 



% 



m 

% £§ 
« o> •» 
<£> 



9-1-52- Rental of Typewrit er- 



9-14 



9-15- 




’O 



9-17 




9-4-” 

9t-3- m 

9-8- 

9-9-" 



& home- 



nd home- 



& home- 



■1.25 



To 151st St. to 55th & Woodland to 151st St & home 2.00 

9-9-" Negro Labor Council 5.00 



9-10- 

9-10- 

9-13- 

9-13- 

9-13- . 

9-13- 



Donation to party for Patterson — 5 , 



& home- 



- 1 . 00 ' 



To 151st St., to 143rd St., to Air-port 2.00 

Parking at Air-Port — # 25 

Breakfast at Howard Johnson resturant (part pay) ! 2.50 

From Air-port to resturant— ! 1.00 

From resturant to Cleveland Stadium, then to Buckley 
buildingon Euclid Ave . ,back to Stadium, then to 151st 

St., to 143rd St., and home- — 3.00 

Parking at the Buckley building ,35 

Tickets for ball game @1.65 — 4.95 

To picnic on State Road. & home 2.00 

For contributions and food at picnic 1 5,00 

To 151st St., to Byron Ave 1.00 

Erom Byron Ave., to Standard Bld'g, to Plain Dealer, 



\— 2.00 



From Quincy Ave., to Air-port, 



St . , & home- 



SERIALIZED | 



3.00 



Parking at air-port- 



FBI - CLEVELAND 



Parking at ball game- 



.25 



Feom 




, to 




rom 111 th 



St . , to Quincy & home 2.00 

^ ^ . As » Q 



A 



f* 





‘W§> SAC 

100-13776 
3.00-1927? 
10 u-9265 

ot=hp^2 



100-237 


Cleveland, Ohio 
October 6, 1952 

. hake m.im 


h2 

he 


100-10908 


1 1 


hie 


100-17209 


imcmm 


100-1708? 


ORC 




100-17261 


s&oao 




100-19935 


irao mm congest 



received by sa [ 



Fho Following is the verby in report of 



found as serial ^ of 



Oft 10- 1-52. 



lasted 9-23-52 
Tae original oeno will be 



« Cleveland, Ohio 
September 23rd, 1902 



w 0a lonciay September 10, 1952 at, $*3U A*H, Freda Hate and Julia 
Brawn had breakfast with _ mm a- ■ 2 of tfow fork* National head of the 



Civil Eights Congress at 



haae 



tm private 



v*-* * -u-w ***^{5®* Ki*vr | | uwow | | ^4-tsa «io.v 

conference was called to talk over the failure of the C»B.C. in Cleveland, 
and what could be done to improve it* 



Freda told Patterson that every thins was put m% her shoulders, and 
she did not have enough people to help, Pat said if she dtdaH act as if ah© 
knew every thing she could eat plenty of kelp* It scored as if Freda had 
talked to Pat scout Julia, but it also seeaed that Pat hod waited to give 
Freda nosh of tha answers in Julians present. Fat wanted to kn « n why Julia 
was not back in the consamist party, and Freda said it was because Julia wanted 
to &ot in 'than every body was trying to get out, at the tine when it was the 
hottest ties, then Pat told Freda if she did not trust Julia, to put Julia out 
in front, and have her to go to Church clubs and other out-side clubs to sneak 
in favor of the C.!v*C», and other places where Freda co uld not, ra± pa t also 
advised Freda not to treat Julia tre way she would treat | for Mere 

wore two different classes. 



m$ x m 

ees Hew fork 



MX, ItIFOE22ATIO^ 6CHTAIH® 

ituor 




s.'J&hZ, v 



SEARCHED IKE SC 

SERIALIZED- — 0t F ILED ' 

OCT 0 195 

FBI - clevelan; 


£P„„A _ 


J&sJL.. 

2 


-<j 


L 












mm sac 



Pat told Freda he did not rant I |as Chairran of the C .E .0, , be~ 

cause he did not have the personality that an executive should have, but | 
was a good nan to have around, for he had exper ience, a nd knew the struggles 
of the negro, and that he ranted Freda to teach I I ?. ? arx and Lenin, because 
I I will come in handy some da y, This was sa id at the breakfast table, after 

breakfast was over, Freda called I over to talk. Patterson waited 

to know about the Negro Labor Council from Fred , how and what they were doing 
to retain their membership, Pat said he h eard on the night that Paul Roberson 
sang here that the crowd was bored by the woman reading the poets by 

Beulah Richardson, and that the Council made a Mistake by n ot havin g Julia read 
tVe poem. Freda and Fred said the Negro Labor Co uncil drove I I away from 

then because they gave her too much to do. Ihis l I 

the man who was shot by a policeman. Bat told Freda to rally around police 
brutality to show the public what the CBG could and would do, and she will have 
new me mbers and be abl e to get the old ones back. After a fevr minutes Freda 
called! |and made an appointment for 1*30, she asked Julia if she 

knew where the standard Buildinj was and Julia told her no, Freda than said 

she would show Julia, so Julia, Freda, and Patterson went to office* 

Patterson thanked him for his kindness, they talked over the Davis brothers 
case, this case is where the men were aupno3 a to have been beaten up by the 

poli ce, tal ked about the Wooden case, altho r hadrp t hoard much about that 

case. | said the G.R.C. had a cut and dried case against the city on the 

Davis case, but that h e would lo ok into the Wooden case and advise Freda about it. 
From, what was gathered |is the official adviser* 



After the three left l | office, they went to the Cleveland 

Plane Dealer newspaper office having a 3s O’clock appointment with a Mr. name 
forgotten he is the Managing Editor, a man about sixty *>Fi 2In. lii*» lbs cripple 
and walks with a cane. Patterson thanked him for giving the Bavis case publicity 
and asked Mm to do like wise with the Wooden, case, and the Un-American 
Activities Co mi t tee. This man asked Patterson his full name and address, the 
city he was from and the organisation he heads, he received the information 
Which he wrote down. ®be manager had to take a plane at 3s 30 so he had o ly 
fifteen minutes to talk to Patterson, as Pat was late for the appointment. 

Leaving the Plane D ealer, the three decided to stop at| home a t 

~ I vfiii ch they did a nd had dinner about hsO ’ clock. | land 

Pat talked, anct f Itold Pat that I "Iwas not a fi t person to be 

Chairman of the C«R.0 »f I Bat wanted to 

know whose choice was I I for chairman] |told Pat it was Freda’s, Freda 

tried to deny it and almost cried. 



- 2 - 



TBSO SAC 



Pat asked Freda to call the Air-Port to see about the 6*30 plane 
she did and Bat was waiting at the gate, Freda showed Julia a nan Freda said 
was an F.3.1 * following Fat back to Hew Fork, she said she knew the dogs any 
place she saw then. After the piano left Freda said She was going hone to have 
a big cry J 1 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information to para- 
phrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 










900 Standard Building f 

Cleveland 33* Ohio , ' •. . 




October 195>2. 

ooi^dmri&L. v :• 



p^xector, FBJ- (100^3821^7) 







pear Sir* 



V , ; “ Eengr^et . ii~l§r^2v and .lj:-23-5>2 auihoa&zi^ : ; . 

: captioned iitfdxfflant at the rate of ,C?l50«0O per maith plus actt^-;e$^nses » 
_incia^.£0iha'|i^^ 1,; • ! ' %’ 1 ' 

• > • Since suba&ssion pf xjiyiet, in&nnai& fade ~ V-- - ‘ 

h$ t^^tten reports plus a great deal{* of OP sad front merature; , V ... 
Her reports continue to i^^vement in \ ; 

. I f has. duzfoi£;ihls‘ pex£o$, detailed! infbmatiqn ~r«,' 

concerning- the OBC., including the current listi ; the katiottal' ; 

Pegrpi laboj? Council; '-tfce Ppogres^sre :?arty* tfie Sbiourners fcr/yrath and \ . • ^ 
Justice, plus; thd, results of personal ’ contacts tdtb OB’ ftuactibnard.es-. sudi ' - 
as fHnSDA HS3PZ,/ CRQ.^cptlt'S Secretary^ 1 ;acpd Pllllftgl .V&S TEBSOII,' NStipnal '• ; " 
Secretary of the „CkO f rbm Hew fork.’ HATZ is - ^oi^g a mrked/interest ini ; , . ; 
!infonm&it>- particularly ih regard to her ability in the negro i ileLdv . f . - 
'PA^ERSOHj bn a recent i&Sit io Cleveland* and criticism 

of EiffifZfc/bisae - handling of informant* pointing but that she miist.he treated;; 

. as; a, jgifdaen an& ; no£ as most hegrpes are classed. ' -' ' . . / v, 

; ' ■/; 'Ip : appears is greafcly;eplhan^^ ;;V ’’ 

Oleveladd- since she is; now treasurer of the Cleveland Qaapter of the I®LC, : 
.and: also p'ea^ondl ‘.interest in her*.- ** ; 

; , Ih . view of the .above,,,’ it- is reponmended, that authority be . granted 
to: continue paym^it to infomant rat 'the rate of §1^0*00 per month plus : ; 

' necessary eaj^nses as a<Aually;incurred for a period [pi 6 W-Qis, effective ' ’ 
Hbvei&er 1, 19*>g«> ,v ... , ; ; '■ /;„-;. -V’;; >.• - .-- ‘ 



■SM^SlBSJ .v 




Very truly yours. 



' i PAOX. j.'.SBItf 

sac • • 







ULi ;Rlf1flii\ 






STANDARD FORM NO. 64 







nx/j&crtWc mm ••:. 

- - r v;7f£ ;••' '!Uck ■■': 






’'’VW-V 1 



V '.m ? .* - ^ . ^r-i; 

4 ~l-S ;: ; ", 

, : m& :• ■••< ” ■' r-t Cft’*? 

. .- d ' * • ■; ^-'r x l, •> './" '.•'. l ) !'• ■'• >, '!' t .r -• >r> A <v t >: ' -‘(W t - s \’i' v • 

v . • V-.-f , /.. v i ^ ''v 1 :. 'rV ?? ,- ;.^Y-: ■--- 



a . . r ■' 






i* ; ;" , /cam>i ii^wjif <«i ; 



kkn&8&£x 



' T \ ‘ *‘ ’’ 






„ ^X*^- ' VJt , 



Pr ; V/' *t'.' /- 4 ' v - , -v s . ■*; 

kl ^ - 1 a: * W 'V* > l ***< < ' * * 

■ " ll -. . - v f , 




.... ' - 

. • ** - - y*. A' ' to- *• . - 

'iV * *s *., * kA ** 



,* K * •; >? ;-i 

- ' ^■' !f 



«■ *.l. • ■• 



■ . 1 -A ' ; 'V. . ;7 TvW:-' . ; . ,< K ; >. ;• -7 «^y v> * y> «, --v^ 

- . -: *77 -v • •'< v;- 777^7. > v- v,;:- rr-.7-- ^ - ?7 : V 

’ •'-:■= ‘‘ , 7 7vyV.7' > r v; * v ' V- 7 ’ J ; '-; -.:; < •„ * 

r 1 » * I t * 7-,, ^ 7‘ ~ 7 , ' * L j * - V - \ T ^ ^ ^ A ' - w: v< - * 4 ^ v - 7,7 7 - i. 1 \ - 

: u ’• ,v--. . - . \ - .•• V 'V'.-<:.a - . z - ■■' 

^ - ‘ V v". J.. 1 ’;,) v - ■,»! ^ r j > r „ ,-, / (v i> A „v': . 7 ; , i V'r>' , 'i ,■ y V( ^ ■ ■ 

‘ ’ . ,k ' --"U - Vi •’• ’•' v,’ f -V.' V ’ s ? 'H- . V, , - V 'V.. '■ 

' t ’ V ‘ ‘ 1 i ■* - i } - . ' t * t rt > ' - ^ n , , v * ', - ■* „* * *r ■* . i > »' *■ v , ,v ‘ ' 

. ^ , ‘ H * fr 7 « 1 7'.r l 7 * t \\ 4 ; ' r 7°*./“; ' J ^ 

;77'- v7rv>-77r; j^'7'7' >-7-7' \-,77: .^7 f:''>7 V'^4,7vivr^. 

;. .‘.V .7 .-7V:’ ; .;> >7 v :;. / i.j 












•'■'V-V'i.v 7‘ ;.>vVV: * .»•-{'. .f‘v 7 '-/; '• '. . r y“ ■ >• ‘ : ''' rf V,^-;.: 

‘ \7' cV: v ;', v :‘v7{7I^;7 

* - 4 * " * , 5 7 ^ r ' V J. * 5' \ + ^ i J \ % t ^ ^ 'V/ 

* ^ \ 1 " '\h 7 * ‘ ‘‘v - s * 7’’v *7 f ' r /s r ; ’^ ' * V*’ ’C 1 ' r 77^77 .'' 

V ^ f ’ 1 -*-•* * ’* * ^ * , 1 ' ' ' ^ % v ^ ** ^ 1 '*7" • - » -'•■•'*/, ^ . ' -i 0 a>- 1 



v, *?- 

- 7 ^ 
















i',- v,^ 

b0 L >’•' • v'“ ■ 



b7C . 






’ - *A . 
* 














v 7. 


’ (J ' 1 t 7 

rav®. : a»i. 





f * //- 



--' 1 ; 












m t$&m ^ Ais^ia^v- ,;• 7 ,^- ' ^--"7.^ 

-.7 „v 7 ’ r ' ‘ '. ^ ' ,: ‘ 1 , , ’’ \ , .;• .Wj),- ,V r , 7 . ? V_' ! '-.' 7 3 v ' ■'(j. ‘ 7 -''- 

7 J'-, /• ‘'7V;7" ”/ 7 






; v7\ ' p -.i^ - i£ir- : : i^'-sr A kab&‘ ~ I ffiukspm, , 



■"■• 7; 7- i'WU ^ - S \^C'‘J-’^ 

'-.y\ 7~: ; 7-V 'V - -v ', . '^7> A 7b t;7V-V^: v ' 7 ' . 

• “ ' ' ’•:• i y-'W> &&am£. «»‘Ai»i! itaa,' '3^ r , «wi& '7. ' A - ’77 




; .. &ap; cm m'jfaife mspp ;; ^ 

? rr .< ***** %*'**.$ ;?,•* m?mp? m&pti \ '{ 'j : j. '. :•; 7 



„/ v* K 




-V»/ 



*'!'«» ’ J " ^ . -*"/ >1, ., , ‘ , t _r -"i.' t v ;< V 4 * 4 1 ** 'Ji j f + ' /’k 

** l 4 ^ f i ± 1+ ,* J - f ^ ^ ^ ^'-r^ - ^ W * * \r'* ^ 5 -* j ^ 

"*, _ ' 7 ,v ’' * ,; 7_ ( Ji Vyt 4 7 cv * ^ . , , ^'1 1 ” 4 * - 7 >,r,f * 7't ^ ? f ''" ‘ 7 % * , ^ * t , •■, '«./ 

* r /f ’ ^ ‘ t ^ V T - * w \\ * ‘v* , ^ 

" ' ' • - - tt 7 5 t* -.*•/ - *' - J\ *\ Vv, \ s' -y,: \r \r^7i' '7” •, • '7 

"7 7 * ,7 /" • ,/ , s's;,Y*'< i - t i 7 ; 4 *' 7 J ^ T 77 > :•> ‘ * -7 ‘ ;*W \ 

‘ %' r *. , % t **'*/ r-77 k ; 1 ' ^ '\* *-. .-J 7 r * ’ 7 ^,;' * 





■tyh 




STANDARD FORM NO, 64 



Office MzSamlem 



m 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO : SAC 



FROM : g^ 



SUBJECT: 



DATS: November 10, 1952 

b2 

b6 

b7C 



This is to advise that captioned informant was personally- 
contacted by the writer on November 6 , 1952 and paid the^iount of 
$150.00 for one months salary covering the period of a&reStB e ff 1, 1952 
to November 1, 1952. 



FMB'AES 



ALL 1HF0H*AT1«* 




SEARCHED.. 



indexed....^.... 



SERIAL!ZED._J^n LE D«^2 



NOV 10 1952 






FBI - CLEVELAND 



FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIG 



0 






To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. NOVEMBER 12, 19^2 

Transmit the following message to: SAC, CLEVELAND 



Rift 

AIR MAIL 



L50 



b2 



REURAIRTEL NOVEMBER SIX LAST. 
INASMUCH AS INSTANT CONFERENCE IS BEING HELD OUTSIDE TEE 
TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE US AND COVERAGE THEREOF IS NOT THE 
RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS BUREAU, THE PAYMENT OF ANY PORTION 
OF CAPTIONED INFORMANT * S EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH POSSIBLE 
ATTENDANCE AT THIS CONFERENCE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE JUSTIFIED. 
INFORMANT SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT THE BUREAU CANNOT REIMBURSE 
HIM FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED WITH REGARD TO THIS CONFERENCE AND 
FURTHER THAT IF HE DOES ATTEND IT WILL BE HIS OWN DECISION 
AND THE BUREAU CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES. THEREOF. 
INFORMANT SHOULD ALSO BE ADVISED THAT IN THE EVENT HE DOES 
ELECT TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE THE BUREAU WILL, OF COURSE, BE 
INTERESTED IN ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY HIM RELATIVE TO 
MATTERS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. IN THE EVENT THE IDENTITIES 
OF OTHER DELEGATES OR POTENTIAL DELEGATES TO THIS CONFERENCE 
ARE OBTAINED BY YOUR OFFICE, THE BUREAU SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY 
ADVISED IN ORDER THAT APPROPRIATE AGENCIES MAY BE INFORMED. 

NO ADVICE CAN BE FURNISHED TO THE INFORMANT RELATIVE TO HIS 
APPLICATION FOR A PASSPORT. 



ALL INfcuivia&TIOaff OOft lA I NED 
&BRElg IS UNCI, /»$ SIP 

sats. 






2 cc - NEW YORK (AIR MAIL) 

2 cc - NEW HAVEN (AIR MAIL 



HOOVER 



.& < £3R$’8§J [ft. 




SENT VIA 



Per 




^p: 



ENSE FOR THE MONTH 




Stamps & Stationary 

Rental of Typewriter 

November 1st To 



1.50 

5.00 

io 33&0edar & home 1.50 



n ” " To Sterling Hotel & home 1.50 

” u 2nd Sojourners back dues and present 2.50 

H ” 3rd To to 113th St — to Kempton Ave, back 

to & home 3.00 

" " To Rosenberg defense 1.00 

Nov. 5th To | | & home 1.00 

jo & home 1.00 

Nov 12th To & home 1.00 

" 13th To 151st St., to | |to Orville Ave. & home — 2.00 

M 16th To & home 1.50 

M " — -- Pledge to N.L.G., 5.00 

Nov 20th To. 151st St to Euclid Ave '& home 1.50 

w 21st Registration fee to N.L.G. convention 2.50 

” ” Donat i onto convention 1.00 

Booksfrom 1.35 

Books fromN.L.G. 2.00 



Nov. 22- 

» it 



To Public Hall 1.00 

From Public hall in taxi ‘ 2.30 

To public hall & home 2.00 



ALL INFORMATION 00NTAIUS& _ ’ % 
BEREI g I S^XI^MSS IF^D 



SEARCH® .INDEXED. ~v~ 

SERIAUZED-j^^F'LED-^*- 

. DEG 3 1952: 

FBI - CLEVELaHO 





STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



Wee Memorandum *■ united' states- governmsnt 



to 



■: SAC 

FROM j S4 
SUBJECT:. 



date: December h, 1952' 



b2 

b6 

b7 



^ i* . * * * 

This is -to advise that captioned informant was personally contacted 
by the writer on, December 3, 1552, and paid salary in the amount o£ ; 
|150.00 for .the period November !, 1952, to December 1,1952, and 
expenses for same period amounting to $ljl*l5* * ‘ ‘ 



V i 





STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



Office TS/lemorandum 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO : SAC 



FROM : SA 



SUBJECT: 



DATE: December k, 19!? 2 



b2 

be 

b7C 



This is to advise that captioned informant wa& contacted 
by the -writer on November 28, 19!?2 and paid the sum of $52.^0 for 
expenses for the period of October 1st to November 1, 19!?2. 

\ 



\ 




\ 



Hi, ^ 






EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. 



Rental of Typewrit er- 



Ribbon for typewriter- 



Oc t • lj To 




and home- 



-5.00. 

m # 



- 1.00 



2, To I [and home 

5 jo and home Sojourners meeting 1.00 

6 To 151st St, to 53rd Street, to 79th St, and home 2.00, 



a. 00 



and home Sojourners meeting- 



1.00 



tin ii To 14th St., to 79th St., & home- 



" ” n Luncheon for Freda & Julia- 



1.50 

2.35- 



7, Tc 



to 84th 
1 fo: 



ii it ti 



Donation for fea- 




juincy Ave , &home 2.00 

I 1.50, 



12, To 



home- 



,,n 16, Donation to N.L.C..for party 



mi mi 



& home- 



1.00 



3.45 f 

1.50 



ii ii 2.9, To| | to 146th St* • 

mi n From 146th St . , to 144th St., to 143rd St., & ftome- 



• 1.00 



• 1.00 



& home 1.50 



Donation at Party of N.L.C.- 



mi 21st For donation and food in Erie Pa. for three- 



0.25 

4.15 



MM Ticker to the Sterling Hotel for Nov. 



Book c a lie d^Witiras s 8 to' help along with my work- 



Pledge to N.L.O 



Donation for party of the N.L.G.- 



bottle of whiskey 



5 . 00 ' 

3.65- 

2.25- 



Oct 29, To 



Donation for the Freedom Rally 

I | t0 55th & Euclid Ave & home 1.50 

J -1 r-n a + • «+ +.ol Lack to 151st & home 2 * 00 ~ 



"» 30th , To 151st St,toj 

/!/ Donation for party at 

w M 






-Vo ' 






: , /MEMO. SAC 






AT THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES FOR PEACE 



PARTIAL LIST OF SPONSORS: 
Rov. William T. Baird 
Rev. Harold J. Bass 
Leon Beverley 
Rabbi Abraham J. Bick 
Dr. Dorothy Brewster 
Dr. Anton J. Carlson 
Dr. Philip W. L. Cox 
Rabbi Abraham Cronbach 
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois 
Hilliard Ellis 

Dr. Henry Pratt Fairchild 
Prof. Joseph F. Fletcher 
Rev. Kenneth P. Forbes 
Hon. Clemens J. France 
Rev. Stephen H. Fritchman 
Dr. Alphaeus Hunton 
Rev. Massie Kennard 
Dr. John A. Kingsbury 
Dr. Robert Morss Lovett 
Ernest De Maio 
Rev. Jack R. McMichael 
Rev. William Howard Melish 
Prof. Philip Morrison 
Bishop Arthur W. Moulton 
Dr. Cecil C. North 
Rev. Edwin McNeill Poteat 
Dr. Holland Roberts 
Paul Robeson 
Mrs. Andrew W. Simpkins 
Thomas L. Slater 
Fred Stover 
Rev. John H. Telfer 
Dean John B. Thompson 
Rev. Ernest J. Troutner 

Acting for the Committee: 

DR. WILLARD UPHAUS 
New Haven II, Conn. 



Miss Julia Brown 
3196 Bast 123rd Street 
Cleveland, Ohio 

Dear Miss Brown: 



November 11, 1952 

/A 



Press Relations Office; 
Room 4 

40 West 46th St 
New York 36, N. Y. 
COlumbus 5-6614 




It is our privilege to invite you to attend the Congress 
of the Peoples for Peace which will convene in Vienna, 
December 12th, 1952. 

The Congress in Vienna has been inspired by men and women 
of good will in all lands who have a deep concern that a 
peaceful settlement of international tensions be found and 
that the horrors of war be averted. Without regard to race, 
nationality, religious faith or political opinion, seekers 
for peace will come from eighty or more countries to talk 
together, in friendly fellowship, in an effort to find ways 
to live in peace together. 

We believe that because of your own dedication to peace 
and friendship among the peoples of the world, and because 
of your position of influence in the American community, you 
will have a vital contribution to make to this great dis- 
cussion. Out of your experience you will be able to in- 
terpret the problems of peace, as the American people see 
them, to the hundreds of equally concerned men and women who 
will come from all parts of the world. 

At Vienna, the various national groups will present 
the issues and solutions as they see them. There will be 
a free give and take. You will have the opportunity to speak 
without reserve out of your heart and independent con- 
victions. 



We trust you will accept our invitation to be present 
at the Congress; We stand ready to help you in any way pos- 
sible with such matters as securing a passport and travel 
arrangements. 



You will be interested to know that there are religious, 
trade union and civic bodies that have expressed an interest 
in helping persons go to Vienna who can represent various 
viewpoints with respect to winning the peace. 

Won’t you let us know'at the earliest moment whether you 
can plan to attend the Congress for Peace in Vienna? 



Sincerely yours. 






Willard Uphaus 

For the Sponsoring Committee 







v 



STANDARD FORM NO, 64 






- f* *4 



Office Memorandum 



I 



• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 




date: December 29, 1952 



b2 

bo 

b7C 



Attached is a complete tabulation of expenses and salary paid to 
instant informant up to and including November 1, 19$^. as 
reflected -in the records of the Cleveland Office, 

AW’hwk ' ’ 

Me ^ 



\ 





STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



Office M.emomndum 



• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



DATE: 



. Decembe'r 30 , 19^2 



SUBJECT: 



This is to advise that captioned informant was contacted 
by the writer on December 19 ) 1952 • Informant furnished 

the writer with information concerning one 

which is recorded in a separate memorandum. 




ALL INFGSS5ATION CONTAINED *•' 




SEARCHED INDEXED—— ~ 

SER1ALIZED ED-iJfeS— 

PEG 3 0 1952 

l- HI - CLEVELAND / 







' .'v 



■' .m xV ; C 

•* yW. ioo^^fe- 



-mu=imz 






: ’ Cleveland*: Ohio 

y jis^upy 2 , 'l^;;yy 



\ikA''M ■ zy 'v£ 

•Ift-.gfla KOSEijBER G -fSiaE : 




>v; '• <i;i * 



. --.‘b2 - 
•-•be , 

b7C 
• ' v b 7 D 



-', r '-~ v :;s‘ V: i ‘ ' f '-V: Ths following, t® th^ vephatia r b ' 

; ■:{ -■ ] _. I ('.Protect.- by T-dyabol) * dated. ||6^e$ib or XI),. 3,952* -te~' t . y ' 

* ’ ■ i v :, , delved. ’ $k on iloverahar - g^b I^g 1 ^ tfhe : original ‘nemo > : = 

''. : 7M3 & -tefoana ag , aerial 7 r : :' ol -V;;.}.; •. '{y 

y r ‘* v ^-r * ' ' V v -*\?V d',, yyf y "‘ ****'. y" '**. 4 r * ■' v - „ *' .* f/V *'/ v ?- v ' ■ * *b,' v »J , 7 



'*ii4l8-5?'. •Jaba&agr * 603P 4 h '35oMjen8oa Hotel i ^arlcfrc-F - 

, ; y y *vf ’ ;. v ; |je^aaato©''£Iat>x'*.. . y ;" : - *y .; -.V ;■ .. y.y y yy :.-. y, • ; •■■ 

':’’ -yv-V •- y^edbiisine^ (toffi&bfcp# ^or^he" " 

./ ' , 'Steehterg" Ols'dW: v ' ‘ ,: y!Uy-:\ii. j ;-\ : i - - y -y { A ' * ',' V: *'b "i * sv - ••«•’! -C- - : ' ■ ", j 1 .;"" .' 






• dV.\. r ; : by/^p^rQ^ateiy 30 ^/ 35 ' 

: , ;7 - • Organic ations V- : •' ■'- ■ -• : .;; ■ ■ ' « :'.y.' •' 

^ y, - ^ y \ : .. * , *.^ 4 ' * , _ ' , * ■ 1J f' ' .« l ' t 'i y 'yVA ■ _■ ;' 

;’y,.; V . -••" .'- • ^15l4 .'jo|'. the' - .pleading, tteVdaae’ ' ;V‘- 

. .• .-/-.‘Jgr- nsSi, ,> ,;t 3 Sjn^c;$^ . -V' • \ 

;-< .-^hd. W t^ievidion; fOne‘ : pa ^yrhidh is ;: ^ • 




■ 4 &jv , 2 hey £ ijgure^.- teid ty^a''pdF'pi»gjp^a vdhld;- refedk 

';-;y r^oafe m^Sy^&ik . ib £ teitiki .-' ,/■ •; ...■■' v . .' ■ •' • • • y r ••••/ '-yi; 

■ .’ "V- •' ;•■?* /•>' ; < ; , /^Pae: gentlsaatt , -dteod p£ \ and' ;gave ■ 4’ pb&a £%., -on the -netep aper ! ' i ad .’„ " 
. - 'aMle* ^ .ditl riot. Ptero hf?i njauss. ' ffs> 4iW»‘k tint, ‘ 



'-mpmrnb‘:: 


''' - V »y ' t t , - <* * J *-'d ' ' * 






V'*; y ^ ‘/b ■ y V ; ^ ' y'" ""v- * ' 






V/ / . ' . , * ' * ' ' - " • - 

“ . - b s "■ / ' r -y 


.dr |U , — T-' * 



If fJ^ASSSj 

y r ::, ; . Jn&r&i 



1 <feS 



t 1 . 



yy 




b -"V ;■ ' l . - , 






'■ '-i -and, io.cdl' jgvdsh nwap&pdrs' ■ refused the ad* f : Iwo- n&gtoe -papers' ' accepted 

v v: it. :,'••• • , •' - Zj' r ZC y \^Z'-Z^ZZ'Z-''.Z v 4' ~ ‘ ' 

I/; 'X,/', ,f fhfc editor of Hxik;6 M "‘* ' 

;•?: ' /part of ttie Jeddah. sp^'* : ,. .V 



_b 6 

;,b 7 C 



bhtie . aa. it^vihh&L* ^a gavo- a-fevt*; ■ 

" 1 •suggestions \vfti cii ; ware \bs^teriali- ■ Ha seemed to 'bo 4 ^XX Irnom. in the . 

■ X : " ' ' 4 'YV ./S:vc: -\V,. ■••■>• 

Brown, alcolorfed- lddy j. ropre^ated.'^ha ’ Civil \4 V 

’ ‘'^CcWWee^'aad offered .h^-.f.6rvioa84fW'tie fiosenBorg cahse^- : ••'•.;■• • \ X Y.'_ '>'■ -v v 



[npt -certain of tiy®s) a:young"pltMp girli'. - /v,-, ■;/ 
,. - ■ represented -tho .youth- group or -che' t^.O* lodge, j"' aha stated She With v- 4 ', ■ 4 
- 4>\X; * the help. -of others?, iia that papticalhr group Would help* ‘ :./* ' : 

", •?* y" ; '; y y 4 X.v •iiThojt?© beeped to .be ; ^^oi^-;oo«aoi^h-' >v4 4 ? .? 

; . '>44- auoh as ^hhb'jiy interop ward,-4aad -why - & a ttended* .XX V- K :: ; V. 4’ V; 44 y ; 4‘ 

' ' ' r ' ■ ■ , : ,' 1 ' ;■ &' ft 'ft v ‘ft\ " •’ ' 4 {' , ; Vj'-*'’ ■- '•• , ' • , - y-' b .' 

V'. : ,'',care.'i 



4 ;! 4 • . pfita^apliipo. 0 ^ ib. -^yj|gkX 4 'ZZ " 



. ' : B ource. furnished tiro f 




4 :;4’ 4 ; : » of , source’s £il ; b - ; .a - b' ; ; 4 - ':;4 ‘ ,4 






:; v ;- ■> ... 

* 5 ^ ' °:'4 ; <\ ' ' ^ ,-4 '**, ? 

* y o - „ , ; '*4' - s , - • 



2 '- • 



•«; / 




STANDARD FORM NO. 04 



ce Memorandum • united states government 



date: January 9> 1953 




This is to advise that captioned informan t was 

personally c ontacted by the' xvriter and SA 
on January 6, 1953. 

Informant was paid the amount of $150.00 for salary 
for the period of December 1, 1952 to January 1, 1953. 

stated she is to have an operation (hysterectomy) 

in the very near future, requiring hospitalization and 
recuperative period of about three or four weeks. Informant 
will resume, active participation in the movement following 
her convalescence. 



PMB : j mb^/fj 0 



ALL INFOBS4ATIO& CONTAINED 

HEBi: IN J S i^LAS SI i 



3<4&T0% 



SEARCHED INDEXED. 

serialize* . — Veiled — <£ 

JAN 91953 

FBI - CLEVELAND , 



tr tr 




ID-9 

( 8 - 1 - 52 ) 



Y~ 



w 






TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS1 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

Date December 30, 1952 



TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-382107) 

ATTENTION: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION 

RE: JULIA FORTSON BROWN 

SM-C 



Furnish the known identification record of the following: 

Q 

Name: JULIA FORTSON BROWN, nee Julia Fort son 






Aliases: Mrs. "Curlee Brown, Mrs. Edward Harris, Mrs. Jack Latimer, 
Mrs. Fred Brice 
FBI number: 

(The following data should be furnished in the absence of an FBI number) 
Identifying number (other than FBI number) : * 



Sex: Female 
Race: Negro 

Date of birth: January 11, 1898 
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia 
Residence: 3196 E. 123rd St., 
Cleveland, Ohio 
^flgight: £»L|.'» 
v Weight: 138 pounds 

Fingerprint Class: 



Build: Medium 

Hair: Black vdth gray 

Eyes: Brown 

Complexion: Light. Brown 
Marital status: Married .. 

Occupation: Housewife 

Scars and marks: 



Also, furnish photo {~| fingerprints £3 handwriting specimen T~1 




COPIES TO: 



ALL 60NTAIHEO 

HE3EIN IS UNCLASS I FIED^- ^ 



DATS 3 






OVER 



PMB:A0 



{IDENTIFICATION DIVISION 1 S REPLY 
[Name search negative 0 

{Record attached □ 

iPhoto attached □ 

{Photo riot available j I 

{Fingerprints attach 
Handwriting snedlm 

r SERlAUZED-^FILEU-MyJU' 






JAN 9 1S53 

rm n 




OK Off JKSOBS&310K ffUSHIHBjEO. 



b2 




INSTRUCTIONS 



1. A separate form should he used on each Individual an whom 
- you are requesting .a. re cord . 

2. , An effort, should he made to furnish the FBI number or a 

l§w enforcement number. This FBI number is the one assigned 
to the fingerprint file and not to he confused with a Bureau 
or Field Division case number. 

3. Descriptive data and fingerprint classifications need be 
furnished only when an FBI number is not available. 

4. The office of origin should be indicated only in the lower 
left corner. All offices to which you wish copies of 
available records forwarded should be listed also in the 
lower left corner. A carbon of the revised form FD-9 should 
be included for each office to which you wish copies 
forwarded and these should be forwarded with the original 

to the Bureau. 

5. The block in the lower right corner should not be filled 
in by the Field Division. After a search is made in the 
Identification. Division this block will be appropriately 
marked and the form returned to the office of origin with 
any available data. Likewise , the carbon sent in with the 
form will be sent with the available data to the office 
listed for copies. 




January 22^.1 0$ 




On December 195 $ furnished SA with 

the folioTdng literature receayed fr 6a instant subject oh November 17, 

r 4 ^ ^ < - *' . // - •* , < ■ 



“On Inner Party , Struggle 11 '■ 

" ' ' •:• ■ by LiO- SHACL- 0HI y . : ' - - ; 

' . - Bublisher ij . New Century Publishers 



y “OtfLt^^and ^uoatioir ih'Netr Ghina“ ... y, 

- ,.> : ’ v ' - • publishers ; Foreign, language Press*' ; v .; : -r . 

} , pej&ftgy- <Srfa»e^. v ' . 'yV;’ ‘ "• j.,\- \ 

. V / ' • y < ^ .“Inter natioMlisiH ^<i. NatiQnalism H ’ ’ ' 

" ; v . ' . • " Publishers. -Foreign language. Preas^. : • . ' / , 

. - '« -y S' - - { 'pefein^-'Ch^iia' y-v ' > 1 , ; ’ i: "K'yv Vy • -> 

•• ... ’ - *>Ghiha‘s NeW.Demopracy! , ->'-; ' :"y ' 

, /v'y^V'^tiy i&d $SB ; CTm y y ■' V 

,,;t . -‘Publisher i Committee for A Demooratic ; ■ ■ ; ;' ■• 
■'. . ’ ; W & .Eastern Policy y Far, : ij!ast Spotlight y •; ; : 

’"■-’•V • ■ : - '-Letter /from" an >i^eHcan in Ohiha tt ; •• • , ■ 

;y -y. ' ' . ■ ' EasfcV “ Vj yy. - 

' • ^ /■•••- Street/ Jofwi iS^New^Xork- '' • *-’■ 

: : ■ ' . -■ » v ••> -.'Copy of a. speech *. *'y - ' V \ y ■•' . 

‘ y • “Peoples^ Ghiha Stands for ' Peace*, y 

: y ‘ by m. HSIN CHVAN at Chited .Nations Security r 

?Cottp$il;6& l^eijber ; 26S # ' 3Lp$G : CBe^ejientati'^ , ' .. 

'< of Central -Peoples^ Cove^nmeht of .the Peoples i .: 

■ b|P ^ ''’Vj •• ..V 

; Publishers dommittei fo? a Demobratife * ’■ .. 

Par Eastern Policy, 80 East 11th'. Street | 

New York 3,;NeW.Jorlc ' •' y- ./ •' 








MEMO SAG • 



\ , •- • It is; . _ . , . 

7 by the Congressional Gbrnmittee; on Un-American Activities,. Report 
v - My pages j? and 3 $> As an official Communist. Party 

_ . publishing hOu^-iJhich, fca£j^l£^4 the--jtori?-s of FOSTER/ ; 

'and BUGEJiB DEMIS*. CP, ; Chairman and Executiye Secretary respectivelyj : ; 
as wall as the theoretical; of %Sie CP knom:as ^ , 

' Affairs 1 ? and the constitutisn of the^-CP-;t|SA* . f ■ ‘ . V " 



On September 2$ «• 1952, 



I 



V< - nui nimmi arenut!^ m mi-i-u. ms wrauuci- ux uus 

' ^tems: bore the return address ! I ~ L 



The 



y;Z\ t , . ii-terature* and -wrapper were made available - ' to the ,01evelahdl. .Office f ; 
* ' ; -hy the Chicago-Office on $oveiiber- -21^ • vv . ; 



.a' ; .it. is' 



a new case. 



*,„* V 



b2 

bo 

b7C 

b7D 





, ; , Pa^hiet S' entitled ^internationalism^. n ifationalism w < and M Cnlture 

7 A' and Edu cation- inlKeW* Chinaf are' -heihg dSsignatdd ^ fbr;;the:'iA -serial of. ., 

' ‘ 1 the ^te^;’Stat4sV-’,'\i' ; ; ' . ' 

- . ■* ' 1 ' „V. ^ ' - *' / *V b " y '■% * b ' *" " ^ 

y ■ , .it 'if 1 * At.* .‘tlnf-Ts 4 **' it . '**«•*. •£*A'v» . .. .. * 



V- ' ’< 



' ' ? -' >Y. '. - •' ; .b ‘ ’ Copies : %9/hC&W'^^ bdih£ designated fb*. t&& v ; ’ 

seriai^f ,,,b ■ b'b by : b“:bbby;b- '*7; b ; bob 



' -\ i. ‘ ‘ ' 

I < v ' *' " 



* - * L J J - 

'v . 



" 't. . / , - ’ 1 y 






X 



<* - 1 .. . , ■* , -*' ' y 



/ >b 



o - J ;r . * J y 

;o 



-?( S, 



V *7.„ ' 



i n ~ 

/ >\ -„ j * 



a - 



9 



# 



EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1952. 



h2 
to 6 
blC 



December 4th To 

11 M 12th To 151st St to 

M " 18th So 151st St to 

" " 18th To 151st St, to 55th Woodland tc| 

" n 21st 



to 146th St & home 1.75 

& home 2.00 

& home 1 . 50 



■To 



fco 107th & Euclid & home- 



Parking of car — 
Expense of four- 



p home- 2. 00 

1.50 

.35 

3.00 



II II 
II II 



- To 






105th St, back to 




& home-1. 7 5 


-To[ 




to E 140th St to 131st & miles, back to 




& home 2.00 



” ” 2bth Donation for party- 
” M Rental of Typwriter 



•3.45 

• 5.00 



” " Gift for Xmas present for a Sojourner .( a must) 2.00 

n n 

11 11 




5.00 



January 10th- 53. Donation to Negro Labor Council for party- 



3.00 

1.00 



35,30 







i 

- 


StAKUHtU iwucAtw — | — : 

SERIALIZED — LED|J/S^<£ 

FEB 1^1953 

FBI - CLEVELAND 


r 


‘ 1 



\ 





Captioned inf oriant was 'personally contacted by .the miter on* -*i . . . ,V 

February!]!/ 1953, and paid salary for the period January!,- i9?3 
to February 1, 1953 >, in the amount of §75.00. She was' also' paid 
- the amount of 535*30* for expenses incurred from-December 1, 1952, 
to 'January ,10, 1953 *- . v ; , 0 ' ... ‘ : ; *V , 




• Informant' has/practlcally completed recovery from her recent ■ 
hysterectomy operation of January last, and after February l8th , 

■ next,- expects to resume- active participation in the local CP front’.' 







Cleveland, Ohio 
February 19, 1953 



MEMO , SAC: 



•167951 

-17269 (DOMESTIC) 

-231 TPRl K!T>A TT A 1 

-15197 

•9265 

-200k2 

-207ii-2 

•9759 

•1347 

-18163 " 

•1840 6 
•18470 
-11829 

-18572 (LYL) 



100-19995 

100-17087 

100-18298 

100-17033 

100-15151 

100-19721 

100-20534 

IOO-I876O 

65-563 

100-19277 

100-237 

100-16374 

100-20633 

100-8033 




The following are reports of 
January 1 through January 15, 1953, each il 
dated; 

January 1, 1953 



Tor the period 
;em being individually 



land FRIEDA KATZ 

the trip to Washington! 
collected for this purpose. 

J anuary 2 , 19 53 



CRC 

DOMESTIC 



11s cussed funds for 
lhas some money she 




DOMESTIC 



l is on his way to Pittsburgh. He is. 
going to Washington this weekend and will see 
FRIEDA KATZ there (at the picket line to be 
maintained in front of the White House for the 
ROSSNBERGs ) . FRIEDA KATZ expects about fifteen 
people to go from Cleveland to Washington. 

January 3, 1953 

and FRIEDA • 

KATZ di scussed expenses involved in the trip to 
Washington (to picket the White House in the 
ROSEHBERG case). FRIED*. pointed out that her 

“namesake — a cros s the hall 1 * wanted to go , 

L A man, 

husband, point edEpjrt to FRIEDA 









REK:CGP 



' > 









MfflOf SAO: 



thought "We’re going to run into a mess." on this 
Washington trip. He feels the delegation is not 
a broad delegation, and stated that immediately 
on arrival in Washington, the delegation is to 
contact the press. He feels that not having a 
broad delegation they might be encouraging a 
blast from the newspapers. For these pasnns. 
he felt that the woman across the hall | 

I should not go. 

u:t is believed"! and the man are 



BROWN 

KATZ 



is going as FRIEDA KATZ has her ticket 
(to Washington on the ROSENBERG case ) J~ 
stated that JULIA BROWN had $>15» (probably mean- 
ing money to be used toward the expenses of the 
Washington trip). 



old, is in Oleveland and arranged to v isit 
FRI EDA KATZ (probably | I who has 



CRO 

DOMESTIC 

KATZ 



| | advised FRIEDA KATZ'* that 

can't go on Monday as his boss won’t give 

him time off (meaning going to Washington to 
picket the White House in the ROSENBERG case). 

^ thanked FRIEBa for the 

invit ation. | isn’t sure she can come be- 

cause |^_^_| has another part-tim e iob.- a nd by 
the time she gets home and gets [to bed 
it’s late. 

□ is going (probably meaning to Washington to 
picket the White House on the ROSENBERG case) 
and will meet FRIEDA KATZ at the terminal at 
8:30 p.m. tomorrow evening. 'fRTEDA will get 
some money from to help out on 

the exp enses. About thirteen people are going' 



| for the 

r’Msnn that *TOA KAT 7. p->«evi on al y r^gi-nag-had 

I number -- "The one that is going with m< 

Th e number was given asl 

to kt the above address. 



2 



MMO, SAC: 



*» 



| is one of the group going 

to Washington to picket the White House on the 
ROSENBERG case. bo 

blC 



KATZ 



TP 

CRO 

DOMESTIC 



has been collecting contribu- 
tions for the group going to Washington t.n ni nket 
the White House on the ROSENBERG case. I 



wants to go , anq 

feels that t he mone y! 



wise 



t 



should be used forf 



is not using ~ 

/ and also because otherr 

]is the only Negro going. 



Mdbe foon ev is nee ded, especially to defray[ 



[has $>5>0 of Progressive Party 



expenses 

money, whi chf |gave her for some other reason, 

hut she is going to check to see if it can be 
used for this trip. The PP has already given an"! 
additional $20 to defray extra expenses because - 
of the taxes on the railroad tickets. According 
to FRI EDA KATZ. " The girl across the hall” 

| is going al s<^ and she i s 



paying all of her own expenses 
is going to Washington with this group. 



A man unknown to informant (probably l 
inquired of BRIE D.a KATZ as t o whether he could 
go to Washington in place of | | He isn't 

working and, therefore, has no money. He is 
going to go. 



January ii, 19 5.3 



|is going to Washington tonight 

(with the grout) going to picket the White House 
on the ROSENBERG case). 



GROCERS BAKING 
COMPANY 



| ( phonetic) are coming over to see 
ERIEDa KATZ this afternoon. (It is believed tha' 



this is 



a woman nnknnwn to 



informant dis- 
and the woman 



and, 

chssed either] 

miking the collection speech (at an unknown 
affair) or vice versa. The suggestion fras that 
tlie woman make the collection speech. She is 
rfeluctant to do so because she is just on a new 
job and she is afraid she might lose her job if 



b6 

b7C 



- 3 - 




MEMO, SaO 







TC AT7. 




KATZ 

DOMESTIC 



ROTHENBERG 



PR I EDA KATZ inquired of 



stand on the ROSENBERG case. 



[ 





phonetic) as 


is going i 


:o take a 


case . 


Idoesn* t 


FRIEDA calll 



the committee. (Telephone I 
listed to 



r^F 



IdS- 



[ 



advised 



]of New York that the 



meet ing; is at East Side Hungarian Hall at 8:00 
p.m. | l advised that u he ’ll" (meaning some man 
coming to Cleveland for the affair at the East 
Side Hungariaji Hal|) probably be iq earlv.| 



congratulated 



on the iob 



] 



,did in the 

”went over the be 

said that he wants some more sub b?c 



fun d campai gn, noted that 

12. ' i r 

blames, and also would appreciate it if 
would send a break-down on the signatures showing 
income in the Fund Drive by cities. 



U iscussed the 



FRIEDA KATZ and 

ROSENBERG case, FRIEDA desiring, 
opinion as to what positio n 11 our Chapter 11 w ould 
take on the. ROSENBERG case ] I feels 

badly about the case and stated that it is too 
bad that the Jewish people are getting a black 
name over it. However, she would not consent to 
lettinp a speaker from the ROSENBERG Committee ' 
speak before the group. 



FRTKTA i K«.TZ advised that she contacted J 

regarding tho ROSENBERG case and that | 

took the approach that they (the ROSENBERGs } are 
guilty, that they ought to pay for what they have 
done, although he doesn-'t believe in capital ? - 
punishment. FRIEDA said she raised the question 



|said that people that 



of the children and, , ^ 

do such things should consider their children 
beforehand; that people who take such a risk 
should expect to be caught. 



b6 

hlC 



got a call 



[ 



.advised tha j l i s g oing away — he 
from New York and will I I 



] It is expected 



gone as long as the crisis lasts. 



will be 



. 5 - 



*• 



#• 



MEMO, SACs 



b6 

b7C 



is busy on t he- ROSENBERG case.- Accor 

ing to -FRI-EDa KATZ*| |has contacted four people 
these four being ei ther presidents or vice-presi- 
dents in the synagogue, and that the four were 
going to, guarantee that it (the ROSENBERG case) 
would be raised in the services. 



FR|EDA KATZ askedf 
people to send let 



pep'pl 

for clemency in the ROSENBERG daseJ 



to try to get 

ters to the Pres ident aski ng 



the committee had made a mailing on the ROSENBE 



] said 
ENBERC 



case . 



January 9> 1953 



I re c&ived this week's copy of '^The 

Guard ian" and in it was the following headline 
which l I suggested that FRIEDA might use in a 
leaflet rf Why i’s the U. S,- Freeing Nazi Mur- 
derers, Peeking the Lives of the Rosenbergs?” 



] 



CLEVELAND GROCERS 



inquired of[ 



| a. w..i. j. kjx | 

with the company for wM oh I 
the union wiil accept 



|as 

Jizprks 



to the job 
and whether 

UU'i Uii.L OU WX XJL- i stated that 

there x^ras no read f or | | to worry regarding 
the Union, as | H is in,- - and further ’’If I'm 

knows 



|i s m, 

recommending you, m y boss 
my friends have got- to be 



and further 
understands. He 
certain people.” 



January .10 ,19 £3 



be 

b7C 



town. 

seel 



He i 



advised that he ha d iuc t a rrived in 
coming out to the| |home to 



stopped at the 



re si dence 



this morhihg to s-ee FRIEDA. 
January 11, 19E>3 



FRIED*-. KATZ stated that ' | had 
spoken twice on the case (it is believed that 
FRIEDA is referring to the ROSENBERG case). 

January 12, 1953 



b6 

b7C 



indicates that she and three others 



were passing out leaflets this morning. 
- 6 - 





MEMO, SAC: 



I is having a group come to her house 

for a Labor ^outh League meeting. 




before the Baptist Ministers Councils 




Tomorrow (January llj., 1953) is FRIEDA 
KATZ’s nineteenth wedding anniversary. 




FRIEDA KATZ is trying to get transportation to 
an undisclosed destination, to d istribute liter - 
ature on the ROSf MBBRG- case, and! 
sugges ted sh e calll |~bo 



see if L 
p.m. to 
FRIEDA . 



lean take her. 



|works from 7 5 00 
ire fore, can 
is listed to 




STANDARD form no, 64 





:■> 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 




. ' date: Petaaiy 20, 1955 



b2 

b6 

b?( 




; V' 



This is to advise that captione d Informant was contact ed 
.personally by the writer arid-SA 
on 2-19-53. . - V ‘ ‘ 



agent in this , matte 



PIR-tnmb - 







% 



\ 



Cleveland, Ohio 
February 20, 1953 



MEMO, SAC: 

cc: IOO-I 876 O (PROGRESSIVE PARTI} 

(DOW R0THENB3RG) 



100-18972 

100-93H 

100-18770 

100-17902 

100-16082 

100-12775 

100-18311 

lOO-llj.899 

100-8504 

100-18185 

100-19i|-62 




100-16463 

100-15908 

100-18392 

100-13371 

100-18691 

100-9759 

100-20532 

100-18695 

100-20086 

100-18989 

100-19939 

100-9265 

100-231 

100-19433 

100-^602 





| |furnished the writer on January 20, 1953, with 

seven signed petitions of the Declaration of Candidacy of Party 
Primary Election for District Delegate or District Alternate to the 
National Convention of the Progressive Party for the 1952 national 
campaign. These petitions were received by informant from DON 
R0 THEN BERG on March 19, 1952. Ihey were held by the informant until 
this January, 1953# in order that the informant would have them 
available upon request of R0THSNBERG or other officials of the 
Progressive Party. These petitions were declared null and void by 
the State of Ohio inasmuch as the State of Ohio did not in 1952 
recognize any third party. 



These petitions contain thirty-three names in the form 
of signatures on all petitions and the petitions are made out to 
the following persons, who were attempting to be designated a's 
del egates or district al f. prna tog to the District Convention. These 
arel L BERTRAM a. WASHINGTON. MARIE REED HAUG . 

DON ROTHENBERG, JULIA 0, BROWN' and I 



Copies of this memo are being designated for the main 
files of those persons signing this petition. Those persons who 
signed this petition for whom no main file exists are being indexed. 

1 These petitions will be filed in informant's file, 

* v * , v*5 T * 

ALL INFOISKATICef CONTAINED 

^ , 

— - — 1 S'-i'SKbs ' 

FFP P.0 1P53 

P 81 - CLEVELANP^Vv 






mss' SAG 



Cleveland, Ohi^ 

February 26* 19>3; 



lQ0«£O2l0 NATIONAL COlSHTTiE TO .‘ 
• . •' - SBG05E JUSTICE lirTNS. 

*.-* " ■ wimmsm case ' ■ - ‘ 
100-1566; ^lAEGETlCHj ESTEa , - 



ICQ-lBi&Q ASB 



' " ■ i — The folia ting »ia the verbatim i?epoid> : of ; * 

- mi , , , Iprotect fo$-M?ol). dated February 16„ 

1953 j received by $A J |on Februar y IS. lo£3. vw 

original memo Toll be young as ; serial ,• ofl 



>? BRoaenberg page : 






Vw ,; VC :> *•* tt A,pub.lie;ia&etini;was ^hald it the Sterling Hotel .on'' \ ' 

East 30th jbpa Broepeq fc. Satv ^ebrparr ihth ht .8:*3'o && ‘ - , . : »v ' • " 
'sponsored, by the ’>0hio Gbmmittee for; fla^isey 'of, .tfca ;Hos©1fl>or^«‘ i / ■ ;V 

"V " . •■.<• ; ^Approximately’ one hunted and fifty people 'or -more' 
.attended. The same type of people attended M in the previous : 

The ;m^o^ty^being : 'Je^la&r •. •>. ~ u , » •„ 

■audience, rhaw and.; ^reoolniaed Beter/!rargetiqh i !*:. 
an elderly 'mte -haired gentleman,: who is very active in 4 ; the Rrogres-'' • 
Siye; party. Also ^plia Brown who represents' the Civil , Sights. *. /’■'*: ,<•'> 

Coininit t©©^ rtl .■ , ; ^ , , , ,, , v ■ t * ^ >t ", t * _ * r ^v* : 







•,V- 






t r i r 



SAC 



: ; . “The chairman of the masting -was. aj . ; . , 

who spoke, for* awhile, arid stated, '-‘How could, Eisenhower in b 5 mins* : 
go over the .entire Bpseriberg case & pass sentence.* .He.said^, «Eis#ri-i' 
howar cannot & should not run our country like he did our aray 
•7^ Court: martial -like hedidin the army; He reported that two ^ • 
\carloads' of young, people will go down to- Washington -£*£,*. froa£ ■' " , 

his state,, to keep -vigil & that' there Will he. even:more car ••loads, 
going dcfwh. He. laWr .introduced l&n& -l&xttnr Schell .t^o-’waa' the . 
main speaker pf the ; evening. , She .spoke with a low & half • whining Voice 
, ; which seemed $0 iiifluehce the audience, somewhat. s ; She, Werit^ over, the'- ; • 

‘ case &' it was a fspititiori of the previous meeting. .She stated ■> 

' , that One witness ;by ; the name of Schnieder lied on the: stand s the ’ ’ 

B »B*1. were in hack, of him for it. •; She->also thought thiat 'F.B.l; agent 
’ dolto/Ai* :Haffxi^tQri was npt, fairi r She also •(Abated; that. David - \\ . 1 , 
Greenglass: told, all to tW ESI agents, ;yet. whefe~he was on the i stand “ 
s they ma.# dt-'.rippear as though: it- was his- la'iyyer' who had .persuaded 
him to confess , and he who. had pleaded guilty was sentenced Only ' . ’ . 

• lj>.yrs 4 would walk around in 3 yrs % her husband who pleaded inrio- . - • 
cent got *30 yrsv while* Hrs ‘ Greenglass who was, a spy conrior still' 

' "walks, around free. She said, that we people in -the audience cannot: 
realise, how horrible it is and that after tMrby ^years .she. & her 
husband will not.,bo/abl.e- to enjoy what they could ba.an joying now,:.. , 

/:& thatif we the people let. bur .go^ran^^^ & dulius 

V'Hosenberg v that means. that “ we ourselves are that much nearer to being- 
•destrcyed. . She .stated, - her could we trust our Dept.: of 'Justice 
: -. 4 ince:' the' message ..from Pope RJis. XI was .not recognised Until just ' 4 v 

■ recently. ’r' -.- • >. 

*> \ ' ,1 / ^She* ended her ' speeph & then donation^ ’ were asked for, t ', " 

• The : abbleuce's e b|^d ready. to. give all. w , 

4 -1 * *’ \ ' r f ' ‘ * ; - - * ' v r ’ - - ^ ^ ^‘ n ' -F * • , t 

' ■ \ -/ s*,\ ■* ^ \ ^ ; * „ . . - 1 ''v.j/., 'i,**',. / ^ 

- t Source orally advised &j | ^\ 6 n February 16, I9j?3 . • '• 

that t^ meeting referred, to'- abovri was sponsored by the. Cleveland r 
Council of the Arts Sciences and professions.. Source, orally advised • 
that the “previous .meeting^ she refers to . in instan t report - is • , ' 

the meeting held on Hovember 8, 1932^ as reported: ini I : , 



*#: : Z ' 



EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 



Rental of Typewriter $5.0C 

Stationary and stamps 1 . 6 * 



Feb. 15 , 1953 Dinner fo] 



-- 6.5C 



21st’ 



25th’ 

26th" 



28th* 







Dinner for -two at N.L.O. banquet 4.00 

Donation 1.00 



Check room- 



To 89th and Qnincy Ave and home 1.00 

To and home-, 1.25 

To 143rd Si?. to 144th, to 151st, to 



151st and So . Boulevard- 



2.50 



To Adams ?Ave.back to 101st & So.Bou.1.00 
From So. Boul. to Plain Dealer— 1.00 
From Plain Dealer to 143rd St. to 144th 



to 151st, & home 2.50 

To 1123 Buckeye & home 1.00 

Tickets for two to banquet 3.00 

Donation to Banquet - — , 2.00 

Buying. of tickets to the Nationality 
Press Bazaar, sold by 1.00 



1.00 



$30.90 



all information obtained % 
herein is unclass— ~ 





SERIALIZED_.^/pjj. EB ____ 

MAR 3 1953 

FBI - 'yrr ■ „ 




ETOPKi] 



100-17261 

100-159Q8 



r .The' following 1 is a verbatim report of] 

March 1953> and received by SJi| | on, March 

19^3i - The or iginal report. •will.'be found as serial // off 



latedt 



' n Cleveland 6)^0' liar^5th:19j^3 ■ . , 

’’ictdvity.Da.ie: 1 ^ Mar 3r4. i?$3 ' - *V ; K ' -.v 

Tims'9*- tie 11*30' ?«Ii. : - A - . • /' ■ • ,• 

•place; t and Kinsman upstairs • . *•; ! ; ' " ■; • . 

-i\*r arrived-ht tH§. Ball at ahdut 9 : OjOlock thinking- ’V 
?JB-were going t o have a Banquet instead I found ahojit lc? permit . 
Among- whom vrerel Julia Brown| 

freda KStg I I and thrai^lrhher people -Wbbsa natnss . 

sounded life ] 

-• . ' , . \ * ^ _ tal ked f irsjafrout Regros ■ fight f oie , ‘ - - 

fredom.but the .real speaker -was! ~"|has .said 

they dent like te lut | fe paait oecawe gays , unav fae, ' , 

wghts to end gets very mad these are some Of the things 

said,-.:. v ‘ . >'•'■' - 1 ' , — : : — ; 

' ! “The OS couldent beat Russia in 1937 and how in the , 
Hell do . they expect to win now* They aint going to win the Korean 
War and they ahh not going to: win any othW war* ..1 fought in •' 
Spain because I had something to fight for. and % wpuld fight again*, 




0 



j S TiC W £ M ij ?ory 



:1?£R4T1£ 53- 



l*3k 






m 



s\*rv 






\V, ^ * > 



X j i £ 



; , •/ . j®.iq;saq-v' ;'- 



thero chiidfen to the 




■ InfOTBCTt. ^ it so as not to roroal tM Identity of the ,'/ ; . 



IV... 

trv 

ii ■ ■■ 









- *v ' n ■ v^vv:;- ■. • v j , "'■ 



"■“{■.. 1 ;"V\.-;.V‘- ’ - - V 






v’b 6 

;*' b7C 



r *, \ v... 






? ■ .t ' “'-S s, 4 

/ . -■’ ~v .. > * 

* , r b v ' ' s- f j m 



a - 



... - S-’ ‘ 



* A 




/•r 

Ki ' 



y 







•4 



‘ J ’ e * ‘ * * ' ‘ “ p, 



chitf 

.iB^nss-.^ras® 



'$£2ff OA$»- ' . V 

100-17363 ■ .Paobtio: 

.aos.-iTCS? :*&& '■■■... 

afltxa.fnmn. bfc ■' - > 



' !&•£&$& 



' ,|6aN®800 

- '300-381 ( 



;'.b2 ' 
: b6 
b7C 
b7D 



’ * ' 1. ( - ' _ ' f„ ’ , 1 - ‘ S’ 

A ■■'' iSas '^oila^iarr ia il3$ .y^^a 


yq»ag* i -«? 


Sat cut V&f&A 10 t 195S '■ 


. ; 'V m& |s?8ei«0d ,oa 


i05i j 


pea -JShn ^IgiilTp . ! 


• , * • ■ ’^^sa ■will -'^o ^'.ijBQiwr; 


i-Aayitf 


i , -. • . . 


; *. ■- ‘ ; # >■ ;../-‘7 y ■;■ '•'/■ ’ ; : ; :■ . . ./ ’\ ; 


t a; ’ i 


V-vy;, . . J ■ •' 


y * ' P ^ ' > » 1 " Vjr ‘ ' ^ 1 1 l 


ii - ' V •• 


. .■ :u : :pw&.Wt &$&'■; ^yj y. j.' 


' ' *'. . {? ^at£f &$ ,£&£* "iVfciT, 


' p - • ■ ‘ ■•; 


' ■ • '. .-^inoi;. pp t& -yf 


v.- >x^^»s ,j '~\ v&im -jsr«®«i' '. 7 


’ ' ; y: ^ 




*\ t ■■■•■"•;■ *'' !»a*^ft-t-~ygaMaigefl»J 


Isg^a 








bnu &: ■ 



'MM&M zmvB 




'Elect' jigo& lip 



..... . %%»' s; a»c. am . ufitQusa tfesgr -p p . 

,'• • ’|&ig<s/j£§V$©# iay|Je d~ I tgg3&fi '.$$# .J&$i £$' t<£& $ba ... ‘ V .. y . ' - 

’ w>.m k^T ■ ~ '-• ;■. •;. ' •• ;,■:> ‘P- PP 3 .,,V ; . '.. 7. P - .-. '. ^ py ' -’-P ■ • 




„$\3To:"\ihMlx ftjli itjrjm 'iSbo- «y®e* %&Q do*., . 

■ Sgl* . fewssjcga® «ut «** the ae'A: • , - 1 • 



psted-gBise Csplfy S«r.^i£^cC;- ■■■W’ ■.' 



‘jntta «f SitllpnOPellfiVe it i«so' & ttflat- of two $§&3&s3 ASttHritfi :o£ Steins,; ^ 



■; - * - ■ ' $&> ts^p^siPJ 

msmw 




.P&p» 








■ • • ■ ‘ Ssstat that $e?trj %il% he hsXa at 

Sat*. iHrcKSiat* -- 5 ; I 

". ;' : . T ' , a I 5?<*j?s0t te jne&tiojj 

to the ^rogsro-alTe ;p s$y otiics,™ ; .. .' - - - : 1 • 



tat ms 



capticaati -‘Stonges*! katos Sastesrg Cosing** ofct&toed toon SIO0 

StoLiS iiffgnao to ttie GE0 s&ics* -'£hto is heisg ^iatatoed co to attack- 
«sto _** tfcto mxt&* . _ , '■ . ..• ••'. - V ■--*., : 

- 1 • t?as¥» -toisaXcL he tfcr.oa in gscc^miaattog tho aftoto to£o*ra&fctoa to* 
W<Di®S30 ^ S3 to not ta i&totto? tofos^nto- : * 




mo 






Cleveland* Ohio 
. Mari*. SO, 1953 



^Wj-13776 L 

.100-19721 

; '106-231 Xnttc. - , 

. 100-16575 

100-20403| 

> . iOG-17268 Beligion.; . ' 

« •; . ■. , f i?he fallow infri? 

. v 1953, received; "by. S A| 
fe memo will ’he found as .send 




iated. March 15, 
2 he original - 



^Cleveland* Ohio 
•iMaafCh 15, 1953 ; ' 



f 'j 4 ; pfohnhly, read Iatei^, ,a5out .'Oongroad Wanting to. invest i— 

l:? " ; Mar-* ;13ih issue of -the Worker ‘has' aft-- 

• - / ;|i^i,ole. i e,'boet ’"Begy .7dlde l-farftijsg the -Omrches, >':£od Slight /"fee interested.. , ;> ' 
,, .to . that -Slreds JTafa; and eorae'dtheys /are; trying hard to. $et the -help ; . •. 

. of A n&saher of :miniat©hjs% '••• •- *'.*•/'>, ' " - ■ ,- >'■• /..••■ ^/V /•’ , 'V-’V' 

;... : ■ •-•. ;•* 1 1 •believe' they vkfyi- to* get' tiiiS.-»i3MitW6*.td' 

-/felciv IfoCar Tan aCt> and to. fiafat fo r th# loeahhefga,-' .fhey Behtiph '4iite / ; 

v fpft.en^of a' [. Hp-must he .epopratihg (with them or •• v ". . ■- 

•;,. ; : ^hegr wouldenn jeepp vafSing" aDpur aim. ' ilhpy .. also talk&d; iahotft*. a t&insf pr- ~ . \ 

• ■whpiBafd^ he- easne here .in.$oy. 19-52 ^ •: 5^ife :»a^ sdid .he. vOuli, think; > • 
fe it over-hut he figured his congration would he scared ptiff,- It looks ’ ■ 

«.-• to tieVlikre they *are frying: to get .into the Ohureheej! :anl'l' hdlieve'- ip in' . - ; ., ' 

" ; some,* ] , . ■ • /: "■ •’ fe s ; ‘;fe- •, • ■ ./ //f, -.-fe 

■ I I f he ~ifrite» '^if& v a‘- clipping' fr om. the OlevelAnd 

/ tt 6all .and Post w newspaper* March Id, 1953 iashe^ cautioned **i2dst giddf ;•* s . . 

’ • 'Women JSit Behais itt^eet.f 1!hie. ..article lists Kesdamee Cariott&Mltightfe, ; * ’ 

. \ Yivian -Ojrohhs, Oather'ine !lcpastie,. .Oharlbtfa Sufus, julia. Av' Brfwn, „ 
i : -ftearl. Bennis, :aad. Michael Oruhhe as "signers of a statement coaceraxhg 

alleged mishEndling of , the l^rfle -Sennit arrest hy OPederhl agehts,^ fhis; ■> 
v. ' clipping is. hoing-Bainf aided as. -an aftetchment to thiie serial. ; ' ' 

' ' * pare -should he ueejd ig, disseminating the* above info rmation to 
- .paydphynsG'.i.f 'eo .as apt to- reveal'. the identity of that inf 

• ; I ' ; MCSt- 

sa — : J : ar;:: fifes iV' 



ILAd’tam 






3 



4 ? 



Cleveland Ohio 
March 31, 1953 



MEMO SAC 

100-15908 

100-20U20 

100-1|502 

100-2Q7ii2 



106-15911 

100-ll$99 

100 - 181*06 

100-10987 

100-5927 

100-231 

100-237 

100-9265 




DOM R0THEM3ERG 




EREIDA KATZ 




100-18776 

100-15197 

100-15575 

100-19086 



100-20 53U 

100-9759 

100-19995 

100-56 

100-13371 

100-20073 

100-17269 



SOJOURNERS 

DOMESTIC 



The following is the verbatim report of| |dated March 

23, 1953 j and received by SA l b n March 23 ♦ 1953 . The 

original report mil be found as serial_ /^T ofl 



"Cleveland, Ohio 
March 23rd 1953' 



"Activity Dates 

Time 8 FM until next morning 

Place 

Organization Sojourners * 

People I recognized I 



Freda Katz. 



mn and husbanc 



who writes for a Polish paper. 



land Tonv a l ittle old man with glasses 



KAJ»AES 



all information contained 

HEREIN I S UgSLAS 5 I F .0 



] ■ '**1 







1 



The party was to raise funds for Myrtle Dennis. There were many people 5 

there, who I have never seen before. Meals were sold for $1*00 a peice and a 
great many drinks was sold, I would say that the party was a financial 
success. The talk was all about Myrtles case, and how it could happen 
to any one of us. They gave out a pamphlet about Myrtle which if you 
read will present their whole case* 




The Evening 



The Cleveland phone directory reflects 



u,-. * .i-w. , 



lives at 



has frequently mentioned that bot fl 1 

are very unhapply with their husbands* activit y in the C.R. C. and 
Progressive Pa rty. According to the informant] has remar ked 

that his/wife,l |and _ lhas 

heard| . . | 

ac c ompanv him to var ious affairs J |has told the xnrormano many 

times that she knows [is only being duped by the communists, 

like Ereida Katz, in his work with the C.R.C. 

furnished the writer with a- copy of the pamphlet ca ptioned. 

"Was it a Crime to tell the Truth**? This was obtained bv l I 

at the above mentioned party of the Sojouners and is being maintained 
as an attachment to this serial. , 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information to paraphrase 
it so as to protect the identity of the informant. ' 



- 2 - 



t 



MEMO, SAC: 



seourit: 
CV Pile 



Following is the report of | | 

Cleveland Police Department, dated February 28, 1953 > concerning 
the annual LINCOLN- DOUGLAS Freedom banquet held February 28, 1953* 
The original report is serial n~7i> of 100-25? 

“In company with| ^covered the above 

meeting this date, being detailed outside the East Side Hungarian 
Workers 1 Home 11123 Buckeye Rd. from 6:30 P.M. until 12:30 A.M. 

The meeting also was, covered by two women fro m the Women 1 s Bureau 
- I I - special report to 

be made by them and forwarded to this office. 



“It was learned from 

were as follows: FRIEDA KATZ, Chairman; JAMES 
the Civil Rights Congress of Cleveland; MARY 
Truth and Justice; E. C. GREENFIELD, Head of 
Communist Party of Ohio; and HELL HABER opene 
brought with him ARTHUR MC FALL, Executive Se 
Rights Cong ress in Mich igan (Colored, and , from 
lFRIEDA KATZ, | |of th 

the meeting. They collected $ 1507.00 for the 
and Justice during the course of the meeting. 



| that the speakers 
WELLS, Chairman of 
TURNER, Sojourners for 
Public Relations for 
d the meeting,’ having 
cretary for the Civil 

Detroit). | 

e dinner served at 
fight for Freedom 



“JAMES WELLS spoke about unfair police practices in 
Cleveland, citing two incidents where negroes were arrested and on 
one occasion where the FBI went to the home of a witness and told 
him not to go to court as the FBI was going to handle same. MARY 
TURNER spoke about the MYRTLE DENNIS case and referred to the FBI 
as the 'Gestapo* and admonished the FBI for arresting MYRTLE DENNIS 
and leaving her six weeks old child alone. 33, C. GREENFIELD read a 
prepared speech, encouraging continued work for freedom and justice, 
and was introduced as the next Governor of Ohio. He also stated 
that the work the Party is doing is for the good of the country and 
they are right in their ideals. ARTHUR MC FALL gave what was des- 
cribed as being a stirring speech and said - 'if the country is to 
be run by the administrators we have now, it will mean destruction 
for America, because they are of a low mentality and we must get 
rid of them. ' All speakers spoke along the same lines - negro and 



B0C:CGP 



all lNF05S4A , n(£f 60NTAIHSD ^ 



SEARCHED- 



INDEXED 



SERIALIZED LED— 

MR 3 1 1C53 

FBI - CLfc-Vtl AN 0 < 4 *% 



MEMO* SAC: 



white must unite for Freedom and Democracy; they spoke against ' 
EISENHOWER,- General Motors, capitalists and Wall Street; they also 
urged the repeal of the Walters -Me Car ran Act and the Smith Act, 
citing the Martinsville Seven and the WILLIE MG GEE Incident and 
stating they must not be allowed to happen again. 

"There were about 120 persons in attendance, both colored 
and white, with about one third of these being colored. Literature 
was distributed and sold, some of which was obtained for this 
office. Petitions ’IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM' and in honor of Mrs. 
MYRTL3I DENNIS were distributed, having been issued by the Defense 
Committee for Mrs. MYRTLE DENNIS (Sponsored by the Sojourners for ■ 
Truth and Justice) and were to be returned to Mrs. JULIA BROWN 2196 
E. 123rd St. with the names and money contributed. Photostatic 
copies of the tickets mailed out for this affair^ were made by this 
office and are attached to this report....." 

The above individual was observed in attendance at the 
banquet and is the registered owner of an automobile observed near 
the hall, the driver of which attended the meeting. 



t 



Cleveland, Ohio 

March 31, 1953 



MEMO SAC 

100-751 

100-17269 

.100-20073 

100-20116 



m nmesm 



"S5B=E5911 

100-18776 

100-20742 

100-14899 

100-231 



A.C.P.F.B. 

Domestic 




Katz, Frieda 



100-56 

100-17033 

100-19935 



100-10987 

100-11731 

100-20420 

100-15908 

100-4607 

100-16538 




The following is verbatim re 

16, 1953 and received by SA 

original report will be found as serial 



"Date o: 
"Place : 



dated March 





Feople in 
lia 



"Cleveland, " Ohio 
Marc. 16th, 1953 

"Time: 8 P.M. untill next morning 

"Organization: Sojourners for 

Truth and Justice 






lives belowl 



"We arrived at The house 

was packed with people wnen we arrived* During the even?rg there wer'e 
from 75 to 100 people there, many of whom I have never seen before. 

The party was to raise money for Myrtle Dennis. I believe they raised 
a lot of money, because a great deal of whiskey beer .and food was 
sold. 



| | and| |sold the 

I left around 3 A.M. and there were still many people there. 



KA J ; am 



ALL IKFOEESATXOiJ CONTAINED 

s&smsss&M 



jp.in o -j 

[il-CLEVELAimk . 




\ 

V" 



v 



i 







MEMO SAC 



‘Hiyrtle Dennis spoke about her passport trouble* She said 
her farther had made a mistake and used her sisters name on the pass*- 
port . Myrtle said she came back from Russia and told the people how 
well she had been treated and what she had seen* Two years after she 
came back the Government picked h r up-leaving her sick Baby all 
alone f She told us she was out on $5000 bond and she would need a 
lot more of money. 



11 1 heard^ 



lonce say that -M yrtle told the G overnment 

!6df ' ' " ’ 



said she 
out that 



when she was picked up that she was devorced 
should not have done this because the Government would find 
she wasent Devorced. Everyone I have talked to thinks Myrtle and 
nre married. Ah a mat, tar of factf 



| for a while she was 

in a hack room with 2 or 3 men who I dident regognize. They were doing 
a lot of fiugring on paper. 



"One thing that disgusted me was the presence of a little 
hoy about 9 years old who was used to answer the door and to pass 
out some drinks. 



b2 

b6 

b7 

b7 



"The group was planing some more parties. T here wa s sup- 
posed to he a party at 2179 3. 35 St. on Mar. 14th hut I jmade a 

mistak e in printing the announcsents . They were printed for | 

home. This party was not held. 

"I spent $-4.00 for contribution, food and beer. 11 



provided the writer with, the following items, 

which are being maintained as attachments to this serial: 



1. A mimeogrc.phed announcement for a party at | | 

home which the informant reported was not held, 

2. A banquet ticket for the Conference to Eepeal the McCar- 
r an -Walter Law, which w?s held at Ukranian Labor Temple, 1051 Auburn 
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, on March 15, 1953. 



3. An advertisement which appeared in the March 14 issue 
of the Cleveland "Call and post," newspaper, concerning the above 
mentioned conference. The conference was billed as under the aus- 
pices of the Ohio Committee for Protection' of the foreign Bom, 



- 2 - 



V 




MMO SAC 




5103 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, and the ad was captioned, "The Walter- 
McCarran Law Affects You." 



Care should be taken in disseminating the above information 
to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant • 



SA 



be 

b7C 




Cleveland 13 > Ohio 



April : 8, '1953' 



G0NFJBMC3AL. 



Director, FBI ; (100-382107) 



DearSir:; ' / .. ’ '• •’ • . ■ ' - , 

*' '.’-..V'.r JHebtilet Il-l2r52. a^thoriiing p^ent to the atiove-captiohed ■ • 

• informant of .$150, 00 per jnonth plus actual expenses 1 incurred. . > . , • 

'Dosing toe Hfchth -oC, £fedrch.» ,1953 toe- itoove.l^ incurred.;.'' 

■actual expense^ -of , Ihis figure.'is- to -excess of'ihe. usual expenses 

'.incurred -tgr -thia informant to the therefor is being; 

furnished the. Bureau fdfc .its /■* ' , ; V::/ : v'V 

\ * ; |has been ;unusually ; active daring the month of March 

primaril y in. the activiti es 'of a Defense Committee recently organized in , 
behalf of | ah SI subject wh o .was recently arrested in, 'Cleveland 

| K , Bnf ile lQO°.^66821). . The informant": , 

has' been made. Chairman; of the | Defense Committee and as such s :- 

.-.has beert working almost’, on- a full-time basis for tlje. committee. • ! toe- to*;:' / 
Tor^antJ # reports '■apt comprehsnsi^^ - ; . -. : :v 

" ; ; The ' expenses submitted by the informant have been, examined closely 
and.” there '.appeared 'Ub^.x^ftsori' to ^eslsiott.: their ‘ legitimacy* .. ^Beirhureem^ _ A . 

•.was 'therefore ‘made. • •* 1 - ‘l;: •' » . ; ... \ • 



, A justification letter, is due to the nedr . future concerning- " > 
Jand at that ttoe the infor?nant|s : activities will ;be derailed; to. 
je with existing- Bureau instructions* ■ 4 1 



-V ; • - * It Was felt 9 however, . that the Bureau , should be - awa: 
time of the. reason tor toe- above Average expenses incurred by 

March, 1953. , '.r-V. ;• ;>* ' ; • ... 







REGISTERED MAIE 




f.;;* very truly yoursy. . 



•; ‘ N. H. MhGpfce ' 

- * SAC ; ■ ^ ^ r s^'Tf 0 C 1 , ; 







Cleveland, Ohio 



MMO^ SAC 



RE: 



SECURITY MATTER - 0 
Cleveland file 



b2 

be 

b7C 



Following are pertinent portions of the report of I 

Cleveland PD, dated March 19, 1953 • The originaT 

report is serial W of 100-25. 

The above individual was observed entering the meeting 
hall and— is t he-^egi^treredr-ewner^f-an , ~airfeom6M”l'e^obs^vgd' , ‘^i-fl"~the. 



'•At about 9:00 A.M. Sunday, March 15~, 1 953 ’covered' 

The First Annual, Ohio Conference for the Protection of the Foreign 
Born, held at the Ukrainian Labor Temple, 1051 Auburn Ave. 



"The above affair was scheduled as an all day panel dis- 
cussion on immigration. Registrations at 9:00 A.M., first speaker 
at 10:00 A.M. to be concluded with a dinner at 6:00 P.'J. 



"On the scene met 



Universe Bulletin, who stated that he had contacted [ 

"f O OVi T O -I* ~r~> In "Uv* ✓'i-f* -f 1 4- Vi T7 1 a 



the 



of the Ohio Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born 



1 



and was given permission to report on the affair. However 
about an hour after t he meeting started a resolution was read and 



voted on, refering toj 1 |and he was as.ced to leave, by the 

There were about 35 persons present at that 

time. The National Guardian, petitions for the repeal of the 
Walt er-kc Car ran Immigration Act, and a United Electrical workers 
Union report wa s distributed. 



B0C:mb 






V0 

OAT’ 




5 %FKS> 






SEARCHED INDEXED—^ 

SERIALIZED. LED 

APR -9 1953 

FBI* CLEVELAND 




MEMO, SAC 



"Noted several Negroes who are ac tive in the Progres sive 
Party, names unknown, they had arrived with l 1 Peter 

Margeti ch returned in the late afternoon withl 
lleft, about noon, with his wife and | 

land an un known ’woman arrived about 10:00 a.M. 

in auto operated by| Ihe men left about 11:00 A.M., the 
woman remained. The majority of those present in the A.M. remained 
for the dinner. 



\ 



- 2 - 






"\l?rk] i h)p v k<“} qf ’ i 1 f m.' , li SM *04 



nutty 



900 Standard Building 
* Cleveland 13, Ohio 



Aprill^. 1953 ' 
(X)NEMTlAL 




Director, . FBI (100-382107) 



Dear Sirs ; .... /-I..-'? , " .• • ' "" 

' Remylet 1CW.5-52 and Bulet 10-27-52 authori 2 ing payment to .captioned- 
informant at the rate, of §150*00 per monthplus actual expenses incurred for' 
a six month priadod. teminatirig May'l* 1953. ' ;'v- ■ V- .V - 

• .. V.'-'' - ’' 

, • , : Since gid^ssioh of re j.erencM :Glevaland letter l has sub^ • 

mitted. iip t^eftsritten, reports and a very large amount of o cmtirtift f ie t literature, 
alth ough during this six— month period the informant underwent aT serious , 
operation which curtailed her activities for approximately five weeks J ~ 
.sulpits, clear, well-writ^ \ - _• J.*; ^ , v ■' 1 > .. 1 . 

' I as th® Bureairis awareyis adiousewife hud thus, has beeri 

able to.\deTO^ of her time ’to, Communist activities. , v "% ;•«£“ 1 

‘ • ?he‘ inforaaht was/yecently mde oludrman of the-] * ^Defense 
pommittee* a hewlv created organisation j tha pirppW^ nf hfortv ra1? a funds 

for the defense of I | t^ho was recently arrested in connection with 

a, passport,, violation (Bufile 100—366821 ). This organisation now appears to be 
spreading into a national organisation, and' the infornant*i: position of .prominence 
;initwiU^ its activities. - V 

| ^3h addjtionV continues- verir aotive“&.$he' Rational Itegro - 
Labor- Council of which she is an :officey,: the Civil Bights Congress/theSojourners 
-for,Tfuth and justice, and the Progressive Party* The infortoaht has close personal 
contact with niany members of the CP arid has beeri f&ifirjto .JfUx&tih, information • 
enabling this office to follow the whereabouts* .'of': several 51 subjects; 

It is, therefore, recommended -thrit authority be granted to incJTease- 
payments to the above informant. ip, to §175.00 per month for services plus actual 
expenses .incurred f dr a period of - six months' effectiye Hay 1, 1953. 











' Very’ truly yours. 






MIM 

N Ilf* 






HEDISTEHED MAIL 



t, t 

EXPENSE# OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. 



March 3rd, 1953 • Rental of typewriter 5.00 



3rd — To 



and home- 



Do nation 



»» 4th— To 151st St, to 

Daily Worker subscription 

5th— To 144th St., to 

From Plain Dealer to 
,,H 6th— To 143rd St, .to 151st St, to 



From | |to 151st St to 143rd St &Home 2.00 

8th — Lunch for nineteen people at home 4.85 

9th— To 105th & Olivet Ave, first to 144th St, to call & Post, 

_ „ home 

from Gall & Post, to 105th % Olivet Ave to 144th St & ho 2*505 



& home- 



1.00 



2.00 



2.50 



to Plain Dealer 1.50 

n home 

to 144th St & 1.50 



2.00 



" H 13th Refreshments for six at home- 
Breakfast for two 



Mn 14th— To 



3-00 

1.50 

1.25 



From 



to Covington, Rd & home 1.75 



Donation at party- 



1.00 



t)SS 
> r* 



Refreshments at party for two , : 3.00 



jUtg »« 15thr _ To 151st t0 



Registration fee- 



vesg 

S8§§ 



Lunch- 



Dinner- 



2.50 



1.00 



1.00 



2.00 



From 




17th To 151st St, to 

'1" 19th— To I I <5 



to 151st St & home ''2750 

& home — — 1.50 



& home- 



wn 20th — To 



& home- 



1.25 



1.00 



Contribution- 



Bought books on China- 



rw 



Fo rwarded 50 . 9C 

March. 21st — Bought bottle of whiskey for party 3.45 

To 151st St, to 143rd St & home 1.25 

From 143rd St, to 82 nd & Euclid, 



to 143rd- 



-115§ 



22nd— To 143rd St to 1444 E. 11th St 1.50 



From 111th St, to 




25th— To 



o 143rd St to 
. St & home 2.00 

to 125th & 



Superior Ave, to 147th St, to 144th St, to 151st St, 

& home 3.00 



M ” 30th To 132nd & Kinsman^ to 77th & Cedar to 132nd St &home-1.50 



Tatal Amt. 



9 



9 



Cleveland, Ohio 

APR 17195$ 



MEMO SAC 
100-17587 CBC 

100-19935-Negro labor Council 
100-35073 Sojourners 
100-18760 Progressive Party 
100-17261 Negro 




Myrtle Dennis 



H)Q-237 Frieda Katz 

100-231 

10j^-56 

100- 17033 

101- 19935 
100-9759 
l6b-18923 

100-18972 1 

100-18406 Don Bothenbegf 
100-10^971 
100-11601 
100-4502 
l(Sfl-20400 
10Q -15908 



The followi ng is an oral report of 
April 6, 1953 by SAs| 

Original memo will be found as serial 



Jreceived on 

I The 




Time: 10*3© P.M, 

Organization and Activity: 
Civil Bights Congress party on 
behalf of Steve Nelson 



jMyrtle Dennis, 



Cleveland, Ohio 

People recognized in attendance: 



Frieda Katz. 



j a wh ite woman called I l a white boy who played the 

guitar, and I | a foreigner, who is a reporter for some foreign 
language newspaper in Cleveland, 

"We arrived at the home of at about 10:30 P.M, 

| was at the door, and was in charge of collections. 

The entrance fee was 50^J I was winding up his talld 




all INFOSSJATIOSs CONTAINED 



SERIALIZ 



k \ X i n.) 

FBI - CLEVELAND _ 



# 



# 



I DEMO SAC 



evidently as the last speaker of the evening. He was saying that 
we were the government, and that we wanted the government .to do as 
we asked. The -party was ev idently held to raise funds for r ;?EVE 
EAuSON, he cause | I handed out a pamphlet, "A Living Bill 

of Bights," which concerned NbLSON's case in Pittsburgh. 

"After the talk by the evening was spent dancing, 

singing, drinking and eating. The fo»d was free, for a change. A 
young white boy played the guitar and accompanied the singing. 

.a'BILDA KATZ danced and sang to Negro spirituals. She knows them 
all and does these things only to get the favor and sympathy of the 
Negroes so that they will support the group financially. One song 
was sung about Jim Crowism, and the words were something about all 
of us sitting in the front of the bus going south to Tirginia. 

It was a disgusting performance. 

"A -petition for STE VE NELSON was there, and I signed 

for | | said she would not sign the damn thing 

so that anyone could get hp.r name. She said it loud enough so that 

Itaiow she was heard by| |and FRIEDA KATZ., I told you before 

| [doesn't like her husband's part in these things. 



where 
laterT I 
everyt hin* 
today. | 
oth er sue] 
and I 



_!Jl heard that | l are going to Buffalo, 

|has been sent by his union. I will know more about this 
It old me t hat | I once had said he owed 

' tpl . who is responsible for his position 

is a ICO -per cent believer in the^CRC and 

i organizations. |birthday was that day. 

had baked a cake for him. 



"To be accepted by these people one must spend the money 
and time or he is not wanted. They work hard all the time, sometimes 
getting to two meetings an evening. They are happy about the achieve- 
ments in NELSON's and MYRTLE DENNIS' cases. MYRTLE is scared about 
the outcome of her trouble with the State Department, 



was telling 

had learned a great deal from their talk at| ' 
while back. (See ser ial 17). You will recalll 



KARL MARX to | | This is the second 

got his last name fro m the petition for 

I I saw also that! 
and he lives at I I 



|This is the second time I have seen him. 



explained 



and he lives at 
signed the petition, 



- 3 - 






l^iMO SAO 



"JULIA BROW! was not there. | |told me she is 

one of the hardest workers, and is always attending meetings in 
Cleveland and other cities. 

"This was mainly a CRC affair, "but I saw people there who 
arb Negro Labor Council, Progressive Party and Sojourners members, 
which proves what I have alv/ays claimed - that they are all connected 
and work together for the same things." 

The informant provided the above-mentioned literature, 

"A Living Bill of Rights," published by the Civil Rights Congress, 

147 Washington Place, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania, This pamphlet 
quotes editorial from the Pittsburgh "Post Gazette" and urges the 
reader to take certain actions in S r .'EVE NELSON's case. It also 
Urges the reader to order a copy of "The Volunteers" by STEVE 
NELSON, which is a story of his battles against the Eranco-Eas cists 
in Spai n. This documen t may be found as an attachment to this 
serial, 

Care should be used in disseminating the above informa- 
tion to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the 
informant. 




• 3 - 



tr tr 









Ml : . ■ 



4-30-53 



\'b2 * 
” b7D 



& .cm jaa^ 5 ' A«'-jsB^gra^^ inr^ .-ixii £s;jg* % 
•^■.(m&Tfctisfr. ^^k0&w--jsss^^si^ wxm AsaEBtosg ; ,"’ 

; .. w ' 7. 

. m0^sb t^i$tmm ^bU 'mmkm*':' /:]. 

■Mj^lXTi M$T© 4?^SJ?&38^ J233 . . --/7/7 




P 





• , n 


fie* 





■; . .tie; CM.;-'..* 

•f~Y. •'.'; ; .:>.'.^ v b.;7 ‘.b- / 



«SKi$5t^S^.V 





R'- 



.' r ^ . 
\. 



m$m- 

mk 

mAbc t u- ' 

by ' 




:.A -\ -K/ v\ ■■ 
-b ^ V*b4 : 73- 




■* it \ *4+ 



' ^ 



’’ . 




V- ' ' 



&*fcS® i‘?' >K : - 7 ^MneyUnnt * * 



'{ * . 1 



■ p&MSSI-F-IIBtfC. 
•1 “ "■’ 

■ m 



900 Standard Building 
. Cleveland -13, Ohio 

' . r '.V ‘ * *v jT * *' 






2 >-»o -?g. 



;> -a 



.; April 17*; 1953 

■ CON^ENTIAL 



Birecto^' ‘IBI (10^3^107^ V : 1 ■ ?■ ; 7 



• yifed 



1>2 ’ ■ 
r b 7 D . 



P$ar SIrvt 



t- 



v t > Remyleb 10^15^52 and Bulet 10-27-52 authorizing payment to captioned f 

info im ant at the rateof §150.00 permohthplus actual expenses incurred for 
: . a six. month ^period tendtaatingYlfey X* ’19$$. . * s> . ‘ r ’ /. v* .. 



’Since submission, of. referenced; Cleveland letter J" 



- ” ' " . i J — ■~"’T t -p ^ v- vvf* j | [ ll &3 Sill)**-*' 

•mit'ted ^typewritten* reports anid a veiy "large amount of t Coiitaunist literature^" 
although during this .^ix^ndn^ a -^3^.pd; the a serioi^g.' ’ 

•'- operation which curtailed her activities for approximately five weeks. 

< ; submits clear* well-in&tten reports. = .. ? .- 



as the Bureau" is aware* is a housewife: and thus has been 



; - able to .devote most of- her time toLCopihnist , activities 

; ■'/•••>: ^e v iaf (^Bhnt' made -chsiffiari of- ihe'l^ptlef Bennih'i^ireimo’'^: : ; 

Committee* a newly- created orga^sation* -Ihe: .puzpose of whidh is- to raise funds . 

• for the., defense of ?$ftle Beimisi^ rwho. was recently arrpsted in connection^ with 
a passport' violation ‘{Bufile .-100^366821)^. ^is ; organization,- now appears to be . 
spreading into. at nation^ ofgar^zfdtion* Cand the informant's position of prominence 
in.it will insure ’coverage- of its activities '.. ‘ j_"J 'x\ t *./ y.y b./ \ ; . > ' 



. . in ‘additioii* pohtipues Very active in the National Negro v , 

labor, Council: of 'AichVshe. ‘is. an dfficer*: the Civil. Rights Congress* the, Sojourners . 
' . >- for Truth and Justice*, and • the Progressive Party*.; The informant has 'Close; personal 

, ; contact, with. riaiy members of "the CP and has , been able to fhr^^Vinfoxmation- vV 1 

' ‘.enabling’ this office to follow, of several SI .subjects# ■ „* . 

lb -is * therefore* recoHtoended that* authority.' be granted to increase 
,7 • 'payments. td ; ths above infoCTarit>up ’td;0175«'PQ per f month for services plus actual 
NtRMtik expenses incurred for a peHod. of six months effective. Mayj 










ASF.;A0 



'■ .APRR 0 VED > 7 ^ 77 : 2# 195 ^ . .. \ '{; , ^ / 
mi L ■' '-V' ;’"V ‘- 1 .'V'.'* 1 . . * ' 'r'x'i y 



REGISTERED MAIL 





V./C', -!Bafeog& o 

y.e&. l ~~b 

m$& pii&.ish £&m-m isc^ M, ; . ¥% 



feic#*-- 



f og\ 



-* . - ■ j%;- 

,. 4 / ^^Ks3| 






;' ' J sj> : :■/- K 



■ta i iiidji$.$a ' vko;%&. ht>& : , . ‘ 



[ JJy&t* > feE3>S? * tio&l xyjk J J 



tosSem* m, %a y. 

m$0& ■ -/ v; • v \; ; . x-y ■ :;• ■: ■* *'' :; v -1 \V ,-.,v - 

/►••>-. * : *■• •• J& 

la: n&ltdsiri a-Td? ■%.. -i iyr.? ^^^llsk oct^mtE- : K .' ■• 

$&r ;£fc£0*ias' ’O^sat^o-. ^a^tokst fa^) te a t&. 

<j&- Ueite**$si t$g^$$Qd feaoftttfci -'.‘..V X' , >CjY ■'■■'■ •* ,; v* - v: ".: XX, 



-X: v " v ,- .:;%'^a.; _ h ic^d?: >:■">■ f* * 

&&afeS»s -ftadk- this,#' Cfe^‘laBE^3rifia : ^aXfit. Ibetfka? ‘ GferiftftetfV 
‘^eq I ^.13 •; £ f \» v./ ,, \-K}’~\ 

:‘X>. \ ; V . •’ ; toi^ h/as no^g# ” 



C'aS : * :•’ . •’ .’ ■ f-Tra«s; 3RC® jtolq t/j&i noi ^ .«& #*$, X - 

,^c^K» ^S-:iV140&i3f y^-r' ; - ; ‘ l <:/; > ' ,.\ - ;.-.>.v <* V.r-X'v " . ; 4 : v * vV-vT-**’ ; 

pf’ ^ba"^ % ' .fi.jr ' ft. - lh] W . st5a; 3,.S lie- ', k& %grj$' f ; 

&$p '4f - ;. v v>- X' : W-* v-XvX '-'^ X "■ ; /' X-„, 



'. 'X*.' ,? V-:‘ v , ; .' ’•' )?%&$*’ ^S0u|S;tO^ : l X: , '- - 




nno pm 



liol tl I aha tgidrfife fMijk d^'&t^Q$-.. : 'X 7 

ifef.eai& Sfrftai* . z&$3®&ba%.pt 

^IcVfea* h& issjoSS 02g '• ' 

^SpfeSialjse^ v&o 'i&g&op: to' fcarswi#*' w 7 .'>• .,• 7 . \[\:X 

' - V • '/ . - “ • ' •;’ . ..'' r- : ii-i •»■ •' ■.'*"■;» ' > -^’V 

.-. . , -V ^StG* jUQSp fafc&liai* i«%?| |^ai#!ss;;u ;;/;; 

tss&c| iiav&- %pyf$&#jtB0' ti& aafcfc&ft ih& '$!%&*- $v.‘iV8* : 

.3^ tgtod xta s I3i$r l5ofcns» fiec&fcto^fea JJsgs**;/. 

: 3Xt% 7 7 7 i ;! Xy-.'p" : ; ^ 'V'ibb v *. •• ',.• 

.-. --7 

.-bjf C&3* 3£0 w£f " ihdt^bk fan^is- .dsjassitgd Aft a, fclfeitS&tog ■' * C 

'^ee^istj f • ^-top&g m go?aia'.<a 8 -^b &&X 

■ atS.9- f&’ )39-pv&' ^gjsto** • ;. - ; >?7 ; .--l r-, '•■■; '-■ .’ ■;-. ’*;* .; 7 . v ‘ 



be ■ 

b7C ; ' 

: .b7D .. * 



v< * - T \ ■ I „ . vlh&u 

-'^ 8 fc£&‘fil|q|t: .os* ,aba fofpM $ : f -a$ s y&pt : v -/ - ■; ; "7 '•>■ ^ . : -V\b 

7 '; A /; •> toM l ‘ ' B ^&takag . to -$j&4asaaib^^ ~- 

■^0; .esslj>so^Q&j; ta^^c^csitttifSJie .C, «j©‘ ^^^*jatu pstcl'.^ll : ‘ v 

(^js^sti 0 d|*«‘' ; , : V '7 wb- 7 ;/ -'• -. .•'•'• ’.V ; 1 \ 7 '*-; . 7 ! 




This will ‘advise that during the month of r April, 1953, I contacted 
' the informant as follows i ' , . - 



April 1 ./ . 


Telephonically 


April 6- 


* v 'n‘ _ ; ; v >; 


April 8, % . . 


y I^erson^ly^ ;; ; 


April : 13 ' • . . 


: . r Telephonicaily 


April lU - >. 


, it '** • ; - 


April 15 ■ ‘ 


'■'// J«‘ T ' V "v t _/ , 


April 20 - - v 


, •• * ./ - » 


April .23 y 


' \i v ” ’ . 

- c - ' 1 - * jT ' ^ *■ ^ 


April”. 30 / ;; i, . 


- ' //;; ». . . 






. * ‘ Information /of v^ue obtadned'.at the time of ’each contact has been, - • %’ .'•/ 

' ‘ made the suhiect' <rf s^^ate ^raorsmdaij'" . " ; - ' *<*. i 










v f V * p A - ' “ / - 

* - ' ' * > J * 1 < . ? * j 

F « ^ , - \ ^ , ' , f 

On May 6, 1953* I personally contacted the above-captioned infomant 
for the purpose of paying her. -The infomanWas paid $210*00,- * '* 

representing tlXuOO for services rendered,' and, M'.OO for Actual" 
expenses incurred for the period April 1, .1953, to May 1/ 1953 ,' ' ' 

Receipt ior expenses. attached* • / ; J ' ' 




tt 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. 1953. 



April Rental of typewrit er- 



lst . To 13211 Kinsman-to 

144th St. to 151st St. & home- 



to 105th Adams- to 



3rd-Donation to the progressive party- 
4 th— To 1 I & home- 



5.00 

3.00 

2.00 

1.00 

1.50 



8th- To 151st St. to 5103 Euclid, to 151st St & ftome 

9th- To 55th & Woodland, to ,to 143rd St & home 2.50 

10th- To 132nd St. to .14 3rd St, to 151st St., to 35th & Gedar,to 



Froiq 

St., 



& home- 



, to 143rd St, to 151st St., to 147th 



2.00 



2.50 



13th- To 55th & Woodland & home 1.25 

Two 1955 memberships in the Negro Laboe Oouncil 4.00 

16th- To I 



to Lancashire Ave. & home- 



2.50 



18th- To Bay. Village Ohio & home _ 6.00 



Refreshments for two- 
Donation at party- 



3.50 

1.00 



19th- To 
to 



135th & Kins&nan to 89th & Cedar to 55th St., from 55th 



22nd- To 151st to 



to 143rd St & home ' 2.00 

2.50 



back to 151st & home- 



mm- mmmmmmmmmm 

24th- Refreshments for thirteen at meetinst- 
29th- TS 151st St., tol Iform 



1 Ibo 151st & 

' • home 



30th- To 1 43rd St. to l~5P nd St to 



From[ 



143rd St to 132nd St <& home' 



to Hathaway Ave., to 



2.50 
2.50 
1.75 
2.00 
| 51.00 



to 




ALL INFOSS&TICSf 0QNTAINED 

Herein is.u^cuss 

BATESP Jr 












V 






Cleveland* Ohio 
If&y 2% 1953 , 



tmp'i SAG . 

OCS : 



________ 100^462 • 

ioo^o^ v na^]D^i3s®Ji3 oosyiTiBB 100-13197 

100-17269. JJO^STIC V - ■: ; ■ : 100-9768 ~ 

100-231 : gSIEDA W&'- ' : . 100-16924- 



: - ; 100-16338 




•b2 ' 

■ be ;; 

b7C 

;b7D 



v $ho following iw-tho vaghatitn wanftyh- nfrf 
April 23, 1933 , received hy" Sa | 
original memo will .is found aaserial_ ZZ^JZ 



dated" , 

Ion !tay 12 193^ f ha 



* Glatbland* Ohio - ' ; • V. » < , ; 
- n A meeting was haldaf 3196 -Sash 123 §h at the house' of <JUIIA ■>■ 



■mom,; . _ .... .... ....... . .. 

g roups and to raise money for her*, present .were; MlfiM EMZZ-, BBIffH . 

7 1 l OEM 1 - ? , 1 I . 

TwoOthers 1 did hot know. ' Khan ^arrived • everyone was talMng about 
.Via. ,%omaii that • first ..^^.'i! 2 a^ed;^ 6 .''bi^r acme 

- gW.wnnted: to- help'IS^Effe *s$&"gsm her , a- dollar and a, dollar'- • • 

• £6rHhe : feah/4^ s^s^tbid iSSSSflP-fia'iihe; Te^hared* 0 &er ^ea sherfirst got - . j.? 

l)aej£ ifrom -fair ope, # aid she -had set her at ’ a-aeeting. 'i&.-SQfi*n«v viMs.'wea'- •;>. 
-bald to he untrue for . everyone, at that meeting, ires .loibbn tp '?&&, group* . . 




Oalif*; .paper and ’ pried to tl&nkiof. aucii d. -thing happening yet ‘.she had 

✓ * '.** ' f.. ... , ... . . r-'l-i .__. -* .. *■* * ' — - " *' ^ J ‘ * . 



. . : -b"' H left bht -wa^^fbllbised ' ^^-.33|3iE$^2q£n ; iafr »' i ?V. ' '\ 

■'|3he r went to* a i: bar said ,a‘‘; fat words ‘and i^ant h'b' »■' : '3Hh@5?^'-i "r 
j.she was met % .O B f • (they' called him d.-FB! agent' for * the- red'eguadi).;. - 

,:.. tf he meeting wa W 'celled to brdar* y iKEIB told of .hpr . visit ;.*. 



with, the Slh’s she - s aid a| 

.une.tiwniT 



was . very, interested also. 



: . £U» 2HFO?4mXI(i:bCbSl'AltJSB r i": ; 

iJo^Asbim " 



i Riim&feu. 

t vurtnvi *»^^-***f ***,.** "* 

SERIA02^..ib^4/FltiKb«4 

: set i.pt^ypi lMP/v> 



■b2 ••. 

be - 

b7C 

b7D 



; :b2 
*.\ 7 b7D 











’ raiSr* she- is. ib talk totter.,- ,*£hs proisjsadto' did " 

land saiOhay ftould lika He* to sgaak -$t' tW.^i Sfcqte comivantipa - v - 

..vl&y 3 »: I vail- b 3 ‘ J* ■#. ' '•;,/' ..- ; 

■*■. ' , Z . v •'• ”$he jnoney in? 430 ‘this- meeting, from &auy groups Isf . 
f$5|4«0O t , ,•■ b'i,-/, *:■'* '- -'V V:."’-, •'••••.':• . •/•• 

' • ■*: ' /;•„ <• •■'“ffittaJEB.'ig to., speak . before the 'Ba!^'£^^;i!inistsrk' this' dOaiag • ■ 




,' ; l ; 'v'- ' ;V0srd should, t» diss^daaa^b^-tlier abbvo 

%% £o'W not !iso\ reveal identity *># ike inf p^sibt* ' ; oH; 





Cleveland, Ohio 
May 25, 1953 



MEMO, SAC. 

100-19935 NMC , 100-9759 I I 

100-9265 I • 100-231 FRIEDA KATZ 

100-18185 100-20116 1 

100 - 2001*2 |___^ 

100 - 1*602 100-201*22 

100-16538 100-11*573 

100-18776 100-new 

100-10263 100-201*21 

100-20087 100-2053U 

100-11*899 . 100-20725 

100-201*02 | | 100-18781 . | 

The fnTln vnnp- is the verbatim repor t of | | dated 5-16-53 

received by SA l I on 5-20-53. The original memo will 

be found as serial k 3E joij | 

"May l 6 th, 1953 
Cleveland, Ohio 

A dance was held by the Negro Labor Council at 13512 Kinsman Road 
M&sonic T 01 "" 1 Q - Tn nViat.g war ft $ 1.2 5 beer and sandwitches were sold. 

Present- 




| had a 1 

has moved to 

there was a lot of people. 1 knew oy sight but not by name 





ALL INFORSSATIOS CONTAINED 
HER2-IN IS UNCLASSIFIED ^ 




SEARCHED— 

SERIALIZED- 



IHpEXED 

Mims, d — 



f B1 - CLEVkLAIID 






FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



% 



\ 



Office Memorandum • united states government 



TO : SAC, 



FROM 



SUBJECT: 




DATE: <*T 



. SA 




Date of Contact: 

Files on Which Contacted: »3 iM'i-tsTy ,;x * ^ 

*xSj m~iuss; ixi-iMV; m-iM; ^6; 

Information Received: \ot~?,ocish) tt>o-xxSj Ml -xttlli 



1. Negative 



2,-foaitri^ e 

j^OO'CfCvJL A**vjo AJU£WCdftj ttUUiAJO &U<U/V>v»ZXL^. . 

tw-t-SVi/v. aAr&u*. CdL&ta ( 0-dwf**d YWs^eJfcjJl 

— f/uty (t)S, 



Personal Data: 



ALL XNFOfSIATIGS CONTAINED 
flEREIiN IS ONCLASS^IJJD ^ V 
sate QpzS^fJ^. 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



Office Msmwanaum • united states government 




Personal Data: 





FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



I 



Office M.emorandum • united states government 



SUBJECT : 



ClCAA-dLou*/ 




DATE: 



: SA 




Date of Contact: 

Files on Which Contacted:. IZ.I-2(Ct 'j 
Information Received: 

1. Negative 

2^£osirbive . 



. . t M rhJ 0 

CiA^V) A JL**AA*t*& t WdU^JO 

Ip# % 

C6Vll &-<k ttfs 



Personal Data: 



Rating 



Coverage_ 



ALL INFORMATION QGNTAINED 'M 
HEREIN IS ONCLASSIFIEUD - V 



34 ?, 



( SEARCHED INDEXED— 

SERIALISED ji%/Cl.ED^?g3 

JUM - 1 1853 

- CLEVELAND 




WMOfMmM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 




On June 3,' l?53j -I personally contacted and paid her . 

$213*15* This represented payment for services of $175*00' 

and actual expenses of $38*15 fur the period 5-1-53 to' ‘6-l*?53^. ■ 

* 1 1 ■<’.< , ■ 
a , V , if '-, 

The .informant; also advised that, she had just completed a tour ,, 
of jury- duty in local court. No 'incident occurred during ;this, . ; 
tour of -dut y concerning thd informant ^activities .in GB fronts, 
according to| I 'r'l> . ; 













V 



I-' " 



*r'- 




O 



EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY -3 
Rental of Typewriter 



1953. 



tut 



it n 



2nd.- 



3rd, To 



to 55th St 



Back to Montgomery ,to| 
To 151st & home 



pfc home- 



bZ 




b6 




hlC 




5. 


,00 


■ 2. 


50 


2. 


00 


2. 


00 


3. 


00 


1 . 


00 



Sth Tdi 151st St., to 143rd Street, to 93rd & kinsman & home — 2.00 
n 10th- From 



& home- 



1.50 



Luncheon at the above address 



Donation to 
” 13th — To 151st & home- 
" 16th— To 152nd to 



50 



Jfor the Smith Act Victims 5. 00 



1>50 



Registration fee to Negro Council .50 

From Parkwoo Drive, to 



& home- 



1.75 



2 Tickets to Labor Council dance— ——————————————— 2.50 

Re freshments at d anc 1.00 

& home l.oo 



To 



" 25th- To 55th Street & home- 



■1.50 



11 26th- To 5103 Euclid Ave & home 



50 







#37-75 




ALju irtfOSJ&nOS CONTAINED 
HEREIN IS TOGLASSU’ISD _ ; \J 










FBI HASH DC 6-10-53 6-10 PM MFC 



SAC CLEVELAND URGENT 



REURTEL JUNE TEN, INSTANT. AUTHORITY 



GRANTED -TO PAY INFORMANT UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES 
INCURRED FOR BOTH TRIPS. FURNISH INFORMANT-S OBSERVATIONS 
IN CONNECTION WITH ROSENBERG VIGIL AND NELSON TRIAL TO 



BUREAU AND INTERESTED OFFICES. 



OK FBI CV JTL 



TU DISC 



HOOVER 






SEARCHED 



AU, INFOES&tlW ^ 

WSVIS<!WM89tt®fl,Af 






y 




FD-36 



•• 



FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 






Transmit the following Teletype message to: BUREAU 



FBI CLEVELAND 



DIRECTOR FBI 




6/10/53 



URGENT 



FRIEDA KATZ, EXEC SECY, CRC, C7, HAS REQUESTED 



INFT TO ACCOMPANY HER TO WASHINGTON ON WEEKEND OF JUNE THIRTEEN TO 
PARTICIPATE IN ROSENBERG VIGIL. CV PARTICIPANTS IN VIGIL LEAVE CV 
BY BUS JUNE THIRTEEN. KATZ ALSO HAS REQUESTED INFT TO ACCOMPANY HER 
AND OTHERS TO PG IN CONNECTION WITH STEVE NEISON TRIAL ON JUNE 
TWENTYTWO. BU AUTHORITY REQUESTED TO REIMBURSE INFT FOR ACTUAL 
EXPENSES INCURRED FOR BOTH TRIPS NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF FIFTY 
DOLLARS. AS INFT MUST ADVISE KATZ OF ROSENBERG TRIP BY JUNE 
TWELVE BU REQUESTED TO SUTEL. 

MCCABE 

CC: WASHINGTON FIELD AMSD 
PITTSBURGH 
cc:CV FILE 100-2 02U3 



ALL 1NFOO&.TIG2 CONTAINED 
BmZBi IS UNCLASSIFIED 



Approved:. 



Sent. .M Per. 



peciaW Agent in Charge 




/ ' . TTASHimTOH .FIELD 



FBI CLE5EL&3& (100-2021*3) 6/12/53 
SAC UASHnJGIOU FIELD ' ■ 

CRCSHT ' • -• 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



* * 

Office Memorandum • united states government 

TO s SAC, ( 'ikvJit&uA ' DATE: 7/4 A 3 b2 



Date of Contact; 

Files on Which Contacted; ^ 



Information Received; 



1. Negative • — 

ifezdo aMvu aU«*J case* 

$ C0tfcef s&f 



Personal Data; 



Ratine 



Coverage_ 



ALL INFORSUTIOS CONTAINED 
HERMN IS UNCLASSIFIED „ \ 

ny S&^Bpi iy \fc, 

3us%g a ~ _ 



W '■■ Jld.. 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD -209 



/ * 

Office Memorandum • united states government 

TO : SAC, DATE:7/£/fo 



: SA 



Date of Contact 



: (fif 3 /f 



Files on Which Contacted: 

in, - 3 111) /6r-Utf)>K>-/N(>Oj Mj-2. 6 Mi Mbxh /; / MA UlC) /X/-2. U7; 

Information Received: loo-%.oQ<jbj \ \iee-ffP6j /^~H09>TC, 



1. Negative 
2^Fes4 tive 



l/l&CMs /LM^t 7 /0£^4/UCfei JX&44C0 

jO-wlO 0&44<} 14&U 

5^ fi/f- 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



* 






Office Memorandum • united states government 

TO t SAC, DATE; l/e/rs b6 



FROM ! 



SUBJECT: 



Date of Contact: £/io/f 3 

Files on Which Contacted: ZdGdfj 



Information Received: 



1. Negative 



2L«''i’baitive— 



uHjuj. Uifti (MuU&y /h&uoo 



Personal Data: 



Ratine 



Coverage_ 



3<-f€*/6£ 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 






* 



Office Memorandum • united states government 

TO s SAC, DATE: 7/^? /^3 b7C 



KR.OM : 



SUBJECT: 




Personal Data: 



j&L lKFOE34ATICa 



Ratine 



Coverage 





FD-209 



# Jk 

FD-209 

Office Memorandum • united states government 

r b2 

TO j SAC, DATE: ij ^ $ blC 






FROM : 



: 3A 



SUBJECT : 



Date of Contact: £> 

Tiles on Which Contacted: / <£o -Jl/' / ~ tO€b*/lOXf /<X?-/yGoo • 
Information Received-: 

1. Negative 
2r- Ro s iti ve-. 

Jfr ksJhrvK) a6-4-4uo % 



Personal Data: 



Ratine 



Goverage_ 



^9^^lTsZ UtmB 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 - 





FROM : 



SUBJECT: 



DATE: 



My?, .1953 




On July 8, 1953, r personally contacted] Ifor the ourbose • ,■ 
of -paying ter $230.35. .This parent ./ 

1 Services . 6A/53 to 7/1/53 . - 

*»1 Expenses 6/1/53 to ?/l/53 / ’ ' ' ■ ",.u 10 ", . , /'./ 

- Special Expenses . - Washington . Trip, f 6/li/j3 "V, / . 13*2^ ' v i * ' 

, ■ • ■ t V : Total ■ T5lhr ■ ' 



Expense account attached.' 






V.’ ' :, :tu 

' . 10ft; !%.;.■ 



S^IJP TO WASHING 






1953 ♦ 

Sat - June 14 



Bus fare- 



Food- 



Taxi fares' 



$ 13.00 

5.25 

3.00 



To Station & home 2.00 

#23.25 



Given 



10.00 



Due 



13.25 







Date! 






EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1953 



Rental of Typewriter- 



lst . To 55th & Woodland & home- 



4th To | l 

From So . Boulevard to 143rd St & home 



5th To 151st St . to 



to 151st St & home 



9th To 151st St. to| |. • — 

From Euclid Ave to 140 & Colt Rd, to 151st St & home- 

10th To 151st St tol Ifrom Barrington tc 



10th To 151st St to from Barrington to 151st 

I 1 & home 

22nd To & home 

Bought "book from Council — 

mm 

24th Contribution to Negro Labor Council 



25th Contribution to Rosenberg Committee 

To 143rd St to 151st St to Lincoln Blv'd T - 

From Lincoln Blv'd. to 151st St, to 143rd St & Home- 

27th To 151st St to 5103 Euclid Ave & home 



29th To 151st, to | |, to 140th & Colt Rd 

From 140th - &. Colt Rd. to 35th & Cedar, to 151st St & Home 



ALL WFOmmiOZ CONTAINED ' 

ssmiBisjram&sslEJ® A 

r\l-ro\A/Z 








Cleveland, Ohio 
July 10,. 1953 



; TO)-l$9ll| I 

1 00-18776 DENNIS. MYRTLE 

100-20565' 

100-1^575 

100-19797J 

100-8850 r 



100-15197 I , I : 

100-209l|lj. DEMIS, MYRTLE (DEP COMM| 
100-20073 SOJOURNERS FOR TRUTH 
AND JUSTICE 
100-17261 NEGRO 




The following is the verbatir 

3r25-53> received by SA| 

original memo will be found as Serial 



♦enort od 
I on 



pated 

The 



"Cleveland, Ohio, 
March 25th, 1953. 

"On Sunday March 22 nd. 1953 a Sojo urne r for Truth & Justice 
meeting was held at | | homeL L 

P.M. There' were eight people present. I 

| who was chairmanj 

Juli a Brown, and | 



I at • 6 ; 



"it was a pretty hot session, enery one speaking their minds 
and criticizedng e a ch other o n their past mist ake s . | w as 

very angry, beoause l ~| had po spo ned a a defen se meeting for" 

a Sojourners meeting just to collect dues. T advised that 

all meetings should include the negro and whites from now on 
because of bsr def ense, and not knowing when she will .be called 
to' court J [said the white women were doin g most, o f the 
work, and she di d not want them to - feel isolated^ said sh’e 

was tired of white women telling her .what and how -co ao, -.th.at she 
had been in this work for thirty-five years, and thought, she knew a?' 
much as any one else, ; 



ASF/epv 








# 



Memo, SAC 



JlEmda-h^d advise d f I a long time ago that she th ought 

should be thr treasurer of the Sojourners, so| 



b6 

b7C 



nave been nagg ing Julia for that position, Julia resigned Sunday, 
gave l ~Ta check for twenty-seven dollars and seventy cents, 
ma deout to I "I wag mado treasure , and 

couldn't come to 



3 



said she would take over when 



the meetings . 



who is treasurer of 
given by [ 



turned ov er one hun dred and twelve dollars to 



defense^ money collected at the party 
] sponsored by the Sojourners, on Saturday, 

1 . , •. -»i rv iv_ ^ • 



[ 



March 21. 1Q5S. Efter taking peveral home from the meeting | 

1 Jover a hundred dollars 



]told Julia that she gave 



made on whieke 

when 



them seventy-five dolla rs. 
the other money was and 



y and beer the early part of the evening, but 
] brought the money down to be counted she gave 



.Anna said she asked 



foecame vexy angry. 



here 



”A defense meeting will be held at[ 
March 2£ 1953 at eight o'clock,” 



home on Wednesday 



*>f tc* '<■ *vc* vc *r *)r *>v* he 

Care should be used in disseminating the above infor- 
mation to paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the 
inform ant » 



1>X 



- 2 - 



w >■ 



Cleveland, Ohio 
July l£, 19S3 



MEMO, SAC 

^mmw 

100-20534 

100-18776 DEMIS 
100-14899 
100-19721 
100-11932 
100-10712 HAACP 



100-17210 | | 

100-231 KA.TZ. m 

100-18S98 

100-18923 

100-19797 

100-19462 

100-20944 

100-17269 DOMESTIC 



The follo wing is the verbatim r eport of[ 
19S3 reoeived hy SA | Ion April 
memo will be found as serial /OX of I 



lated April S> 
The original 



Cleveland, Ohio* 
April Sth 19S3. 

w 0n April 1st 19S3 at 8:P*M» a denfense committee meeting was 

held at l 1 There were nine people 

p re sent, | I Ka kx I I 

Julia Brown, 

a younge negro woman, friend of 

"Julia was el ected chairman of the defense committee J | 

| [ secretary, Freda > \ fc re 

on the executive committee. Each meeting is to give account of the pro- 
gress of each member in contacting people to help fight the case of 

baid she wen t to see a | | and he told her he would 

wait until l and the othe r minister s made a start, because he 

was new here in Cleve land. Julia and| | told of their visit to the 

N.A.A.C.P. to talk to l I he ^prom ised to come to the next meet- 
ing which will be Friday April 10th 195>3* at | | home, to g ive the 00 m- 

mittee some legal advice, on the invitation of Julia J paid, he met 
land h er husband at 6th and Euclid the day of the arres t, and f rom 
wha t I to I d him, she had a good case, and could beat it. | | also 

promised to see | for the committee, to ask him t o help, in 

what ever way he co uld. The Lawye rs of the N.A.A.C.P. which | | gave 

Julia and | | are to be aproached by th e commit tee to ask for a re- 

comendation of the M.A.A.C.P. to help in the I Idefense. Julia made 

an appointment with Julia 

was asked to make all appointments for the committee becau se she was not 



ASFsmak 



j&L ItIFOI-lATKE* STAINED ^ 



JUL 1 5 1C 53 








MEMO. SAC 



branded. | | was asked to be chairman but she said she had to decline 

A « -O • _ *l_ . I I I _ I I I . 



because of her job at the 
accept because she was also branded, 
co-chairman, but the committee with- 1 



E 



oW 



J said she could not 
has been acting as 



present said she -was too 



fussy, boring, and also branded . The commip-cee was discussing | | 



] and 

was planing 



said 



| could not do very much because h dr son^luTaw 
eve l and to sta y and get a job, this is | 



_ to come’ to Clevel and to sta y and get a job, this is 
daughter* s husband, last name | [ who is teach ing som e school in West 



« t m . | | viilv jlo a uni t; boiiuoi in viresv 

Virginia, and is a member of the communist party so | |told Julia about 

OT o*Vi4-a An a - — TUT— • 1 rt * ... M . * 



eighteen months ago, in Washington D.C., when the Sojourners were organized 



are to 



"Julai and I 
news paper, to see if he will nr^n-h 
also| 



ditor of the Herald, a negro 
; a to -nr liV e she wants it printed 



Care should be used in disseminating the above information to 
paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 




u 



e <3 






f 



•• 



Cleveland, Ohio 
July 17, 1953 



MEMO , SAC 



I 'iW.NmMMtf* 1 



100-16538 

100-20116 

100-18776 

100-14899 

100-2560 

100-17268 

100-17210 

100-11932 

100-9768 

100-16924 

100-13371 



DEiTOTS- MYBT1 



100-231 

100-17033 

100-18598 

100-19971 

100-18923 

100-19797 

100-19462 

100-15197 

100-20944 

100-7686 

100-10712 

100-17269 



KATZ. FRIEDA 



b2 

b6 

hlC 



DEMIS, MYRTLE (DEP COMM) 
UE 

NAACF 

DOMESTIC 





>n April 17. 1953. 


as serial ^ 


-M— oi 





dated April 15, 
The original 



Cleveland, Ohio# 
April 15th 1953. 



»0u Friday April 1 0th 1953 at 8;P.M. a de fense meeting for| 

7 /as hold at her homel I There were seventesa 

people present, 

I Julia 

Brown, Freda Kata, 









11 Julia sai d, on her second contact vath| |he advised 

her to have ^ to write in to the N.A.A.C.P. committee and ask them to 

tak< case, then a committee of three la wyers of the N.A.A.C.P. 

will present the case to the M .A.A.C.P.I ~| said she would first have 

to see her lawyer l advised the committee t o con- 

tinue going to see every one who 7/ill make appointments to disouss | 
case. The committee voted to have meetings on the second and fourth Fridays . 
The executive committee is to meet every Thursday. 

”0n the way back home said the greatest mistake the party 

has made was when they did n ot make the people join churohes, Freda asked 
Julia to join fshurch, and Julia asked Freda why? Fred a said 

Julia could influence the members qf the church to help in case likel 



tiuj-ia couia influence the members qf the church to help m case like| 

I said they should go to churchos more often, and each mem- 

ber of the party should join every church in Cleveland.** 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information to 
paraphrase it so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 




- 2 - 



MEMO, SitC 



informant a th row-away advertising a BAR-B-Q which was t o be. held 
at the home of [ on July 18, 

1953. This BAR-B-Q was to be given by the Cleveland Negro Labor 
Council, and the donation amounted to $.25. This throw-away was made 
available to the writer and will be made an attachment to this 
serial. 

The principal discussion at the meeting concerned the | | 

I Defense Fund. A bank statement was passed around to all those 
present so they could see with their own ev es that som e progress is 
being made in the fund raising campaigns fo d | The bank state- 

ment was in the amount of $6lit . 00 plus, and it was from the Cleveland 
Trust Co. Informant was unable to observe in whose name;-- the money 
was being car ried, but it was referred to as the money which has been 
raised for the fund. 

. JULIA BROWN brought a radio to the meeting which is t o be 
raffled off at some future date to raise funds to pay | [ attorney's 

fees. The radio was donated by one I I who either owns or is 

employed in an applia nce store on Cleveland's West Side. This individual 
may be identical witm 



A discussion was had concerning the procurement of a colored 
attorney for A character witness was also needed and a white 

person was especially desired. JUI3A BROWN sugges ted an att orney named 
I fph) and it was finally decided to retain | | to defend 

DENNIS. JUEEa BROWN said that she has seen this attorney in action 
in court and that in her opinion he is a brilliant lawyer. 

| appeared to be quite frightened at the prospect 

of being tried for the Passport violation. 

Care should be used in the dissemination of the above infor- 
mation so as not to disclose the identity of the informant. 



- 2 - 



July 23, 1953 



MEMO, SAC 



100-18923 




FRIEDA KZTZ 





100-16795 

100-98U2 

100-9265 

IOO-I 8 I 1 O 6 

100-19935 

100-17087 

100-17269 

100-1725P 




DON ROTHENBERG 
NLC 
CRC 

DOMESTIC 

LEGISLATIVE 




Hawing is an oral report of received by 

on 7— lH— 53 . The original memo will be found as serial 



pate of Activity: 7-10-53 

Place of Activity: Jewish Hall near E. lUOth and Kinsman 

Activity: CRC meeting 



Before this meeting| | stopped at the 

home of where a few pe ople were gathering, presumably for an 

NNLC meeting, ! | advised | | that NNLC had -invited her to attend one 

their meetings and the meeting was to take place at 



| |and an individual descrioed as male, negro, age 

50-35 wars_also there. After waiting for about an hour for the meeti ng to 
start! Ibecame impatient and wanted to leave for the CRC mee ting . | 

[ then departed for the CRC meeting and thereby did 
not take part in the NNLC meeting. 

Informant recognized the following individuals in attendance at the 



| JULIA BROWN, FRIEDA KATZ,| 

(described : white, male I 4 O years, blonde hair, heavy set, and another in- 
dividual: White, male, 60 yrs, stout, light hair. I 



EBB 1 AES 



ALL INF'OE'4ATI(K3 CONTAINED • 
HEREIN IS UNCLASSTJPTEtV _ V 



SERIALIZED. 



J‘Ca.2 3 1F53 



FBI - CLEVEIAN 



jj 





MEMO, SAC 






DOW ROTHENBERG a Iso came into the meeting but departed early because 
he had another appointment. He passed out copies of the newspaper ■'’Freedom 11 
which is published monthly by FREEDOM ASSOCIATES, New York, N.Y. ROTHENBERG 
spoke to the group telling them about his recent talk with Rep* BARTUNEK 
concerning House Bills 308 and 575 * ROTHENBERG said that he thought that 
BARTUNEK despised him and was therefor much surprised w hen BARTUNEK consented 
to listen to him. He said he talked with BARTUNEK but was still disappointed 
inasmuch as results were negative* 

The meeting was chiefly taken up with a discussion of H.B. 308 and 
575* It was emphasized at the meeting that timevas running out and if 
Something wasn't done immediately these bills would be passed. 



The sending of a delegation to the office of Mayor BURKE to protsst 

the passag e of H. B. 308 was discussed and volunt eers were sought * | | 

JULIA BROWN, (not positive' re BROWN) and | V olunteered. 

There was also a discussion concerning the sending of a delegation 
to Columbus regarding this same matter. Members were also requested to wire 
or call Gov. LAUSCHE, JULIA BROWN volunteered to pay for a long distance call 
to the Govornor if she could use someone elses name. 



| JULIA BROWN and FRIEDA KATZ. were t o make a trip to 

Columbus on Monday morning, 7/13/53. It was planned to 



A collection was taken up to pay for the use of the hall. A total 
of &LU.00 was received. JOE contributed $5. or #6. 

The meeting was adjourned in order for those present to hear YETTA 
LAND who was to speak that evening at Hungarian Workingmens Hall, 11123 
Buckeye. 

Informants made available a three page '‘fact sheet on H.B. 308 and 
H.B, 575" which is being made an attachment to this serial. This "fact sheet" 
was rec’d by informant at the above meeting." 

Care should be used in disseminating the above information so as 
not to disclose the identity of the informant. 



bo 

b7C 



SA 



b6 

b7C 







1 



SAC . ' July 27 , ' 19 $ 3 



b2 
b6 
hlC 

| | . -,r b7D 

Cn July 2 $, 1953, captioned informant telephonically contacted 
‘ the T/riter advising that .she had attended, a Civil Rights Congress 
meeting on the previous night. , YMle there, JDI1A BRCOT reported- 
ly advised her she Was going to Chicago,. Illinois within the next 
few days to care for a sick, relative smd/would not rbe able to • 
contact persona she was scheduled, to. contact in n ontiaoti on. v/if .h - 
the FRAiJfC HASHMAI/L appeal., ■: BRG’.'SN reportedly .askecj |bo 
advise FRIEDA that BRCfZN. would be. unable to assise in the 
contacts far ihe ,^SH?JAliL.case. Captioned informant rapprtedly 
•told BRCE7N that .she would have to contact ICATZ herself. 

!Phe informant stated that a short time later in the evening, she 
overheard BROJ?H indicating to someone else at. the nesting that •- 
BROW would be very active in HASHMALL* s appeal. ' . / . 

The informant stated she was passing this information along to 
the writer inasmuch as she felt BRO^ii’S actionswora inconsis- , , 

tent. . - “• • ; -i " 






FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 




f 




Office M.emorandum 

to s sac, mztmjm 

i , 



• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



DATE:8*&*83 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



FROM 



. SA 



SUBJECT: 



mum. 



Date of Contact: 7 / 1^0 /sT3 

Files on Which Contacted: /OQ-Jyftj /tn>-l7]fyj 

/eo'i~/o-yf) /n-i/eU: /oo -/fW7/ N*'iC } Joo'fUZj j\hUW, 
Information Received: , O0 „ /et>- x ;o<//j tH~L 'ff&jaS’H 

1. Negative 



sBwSBBSiiRSg 



*as Wp 28F0 RBCSSV®, SBPSSAgE fSBB SUffiEffEB# 

mm& to w ABCifE 6 ass s mswm> wm mmm w tmmvjB 
$mm m vnmm slip * 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating. 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



% 



« 



FD-209 



Office Memorandum • united states government 

date:EM3»53 



to ! sac, 



FROM : 



SUBJECT : 



. SA 




Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating, 



Coverage. 



UKSSATIOS* GONTAIN] 

SBRBXN IS UNCLASSIFIED 



SLAHUHfcU. INUEAEU. 

SERlAUZED:.-.>g^.FILED_^ 

AUG - 4 1953 

FBI - CLEVElANffl 


D ^r 

OL 


■■■HnS 





4 * 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 

1' ■ 



f 






• UNITED STATES , GOVERNMENT 



DATE:., 



\ August ly 1953 





1 fl A 

On August 6,, 1953 j I personally contacted the abover.captione.d,' 



for the following i 



Services 7-1-53 ■ to ,8-1-53 

t , ’ 4 ' * ( * 

^ ' " j 11 ' s 

+ ' t r „ '/ * 

Expenses 7-1-53 to, 84-53 







iSSUAiizga 









EXPENSE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. 



Rental of typewrit er- 



July 2nd. ge-1 53-.st-St. t.n \ 

From 



b2 

b6 

blC 



5.00 

1.50 



n ti 



(Ml 



II II 



to Hathaway Ave, to 35th & 

Cedar, to Montgomery Ave, to 151st St & home 3.00 

7th Trip to Columbus, Ohio, for food 5.35 

10th To lAOth & Kinsman & home . 1.00 

To Negro Labor Council, for button 1100." 

To Foreign born 1.00 



Lunch in Gleveland- 



.. to 


& home — — 


to 











it it 



ti 11 



III! 



2.25 
1.45 

„ a .80 

Food in Columbus, Ohio 2.90 

Tip . 50 

23rd To 151st , to 115th & Temblett, to Fisher bodji 2.25 

From Fisher body, to 105th & Superior, to 40th St near 
lake, to 151st & home———— — 2*75 

24th To 1 51st St. tof 

Froml 



29th- To 



- 1.50 

to 151st & home 1.50 

1.00 



2.50 



ti n 



From .Berkshire, to 107yh St, to 14 9th St, to 151st St, 

& home 

Contribution to the Frank Hashmal case 5.00 

30th— To 151st St & Home 1.50 

43^75 



( 



W- 




Cleveland, Ohio 
August 21, 1953 



100-20073 SOJOURNERS 

100-6336 

100-4607 

100-1179 | 

100-10263 DENNIS, HAY 

100-18776 DEMIS, MYRTLE 

100-8850 TURNER. MARI 

100-14899 I 

100-20087 

100-18923 

100-18972 1 

100-231 KATZ. FRIEDA 

100-237 I 

100-A602 



)0-1590fc 



100-18406 ROTHENBERG. DON 
100-9265 I 
100-9759 
100-15911 
100-252 
100-15338 
100-1762 
100-20420 
100-5927 
100-56 
100-16640 
100-15197 
100-1566 

100-10074 

100-17087 CRC 
100-17269 DOMESTIC 
100-17261 NEGRO 



The following is an oral report of| received by SA| 

t .Tnlv 2 7. 1953. The original memo vd.ll be found as serial 




ARRjsib 



Date of Activity: July 25, 1953 



Place of Activity: 



Activity: 



[eveland, Ohio 



Outdoor party held in rear of above residence 
held under the auspices of the Ward 11 Club, 
Ohio Bill of Rights Conference. 



Informant recognized the following in attend ance ; 



ALL iNFOSSlATICe? CONTAINED ’’"xk 

SS*S?saEai^fc 





| SERIALIZED... 



■IZED 

AUG 2 11953 

FBI - CLEVELAND 







0 



MEMO, SAC 



-b6 

b7C 



1 FRIEDA KATZT 



Before the party got under way| |brought in the General Electric 

clock which he purchased_kL_hs_caffled off at the party. He also prepa red the 
tickets for the raffle . I \ remarked that JULIA BROWN, f | FRIEDA KATZ, 

and DON ROTHENBERG, all of CRC, are trying to run CRC themselves and consider them- 
selves better than the other members. He continued that the only time they consider 
an yone else is wh^ n they want some work done. He stated, however, that[ 
ancU 



other members. 



are not like that and do not believe themselves superior to the 



brought in a quantity of food which wa f s donated bvl 
Jib 



e clock was raffled off and won by| | The 

tickets for the raffle were sold for 1.25 at the beginning of the evening but later 



Won the clock on a $.10 ticket much to the 



on the price was reduced to $.10,| - ... 

displeasure of those who paid premium prices for their tickets [ 
the NNLC and 



recent 



c 



who was present at the party, has not been a round to meetings 
due to a falling out with the Sojourners. FRIEDA KATZ andL,. 



arriv ed at the party early in the evening but departed for a time to| 

| [who was having a birthday party that same evening } however, they both came 



back later. 



Informant advised that! 



has been present at many CRC affairs 



in the past but until this night his name was not known by informant. 

A white male, about sixty, wearing glasses, named PETE, was present 
selling the "Daily Workers" and "Sunday Workers." FETE says he sells the "Daily 



oc? JLJLXiig, UliO Q O.J.IVX WW.UUW-JT KVJ. nviu* 

Workers" and . "Sunday Workers" by placing them on newsstands and at bookshops, 
sells the remainder wherever he can. 



He 



was selling the newspaper 



"Freedom" published by Freedom Associates. 
Chances for the coming I 



raffle were also sold at the party. 



- 2 - 





luffi: 0, SAG 



Informant advised thaiJ 



but old not stay the entire evening. 



vmas at the party for a short tune 



b6 

b7C 



out for a stioulaxec donation. 



the beer ■ and ".vhisky vhich v;as given 
This \:as done to avoid difficulty nith the police 



regarding cue sale of alcoholic coverages ..ithout a license. 

it net amount of >6'j or f?G. '..-as made at the party. 




JULIA told | that he did not 

have much succosr. v.ith the parti es i.’micn _ ro hanciiea. ana sue aa.a not like the idea 

of drunks preparing the barbs cue | 

bukod lillObft for her criticism.. 



did not appreciate tills and promptly re- 



Inforrcant made available 



-aivay vfaich ..-so distributed at the party 



concerning the attacks and discrimination against the Legro people in Cleveland . 
Informant believes that FEX2DA 1ATZ brought a number to the party. This tkrov-avvay 
tras by the Ohio fill of Rights Conference and will be nade an attachment to this 
serial. 



Care should be used, in disserainatin 



it so as not to disclose 



the identity of the 



. the above information to paraphrase 
.informant. 



S*i 



• 3 ' 



Cleveland., Ohio 
August 23, 1953 



MEMO SAC 



Re: 



SECURE MATTER - C 



b 



Following is the report of| 

land Police Department, dated May 7* 1953* 
serial of 100-2£. 



The original report 



Cleve- 

is 



******** 



: ■ «T->™vh 7« 3D P.M. Sunday, May 3rd, 1953 in company with Btls, 

"covered” the annual May Day celebration of 
the Communist Party, sponsored by the Freedom Committee, at the East 
Side Hungarian Workers Home, 11123 Buckeye Rd. 



"The above affair was advertised as a mass rally to defend the 
bill of rights. Admission by invitation only. Guest speaker, Steve 
Nelson, known Communist from Pittsburgh, Pa., recently sentenced to serve 
20 years under the Pennsylvania State Sedition Law, and presently on 
trial under the Smith Act. Approximately 75 persons were in attendance. 



[ 



"Invitations were obtained. 



hall. See report of 
(attached) 



lwere de tailed tn cover the proce edings within the meeting 
1 'dated May 3rd, 1953. 



"Steve Nelson arrived via Yellow Cab, followed by another 
cab containing persons known to us. who acted as escort. They were 



| He left in auto operat ed by | 

auto operated by| The same "goon squad" were in these. cars. 



and followed by. an 



"There were about 200 high school students in front of the 
meeting school. They staged an anti-communist demonstration by picketing, 
carrying placards, and singing patriotic songs. There was no violence," 



BOC/hs 



ALL INFOK4ATIOK CONTAINED 
HE RE I H IS UNCLASSIFIED 







1 




SEARCHED INDEXED V 

SERIALIZED.. ^^ILED 

AUG 2 8 1 r >53 

FBI -CLEVELANC^L, , 


M*- 



FD-209 




Office Memorandum ® united states government 



TO ! 
EROM : 
SUBJECT : 




DATE: 9/2/53 



SECURXTT 



Date of Contact: t/s/fi 

Files on Which Contacted: ✓*/- AV 

Information Received: 

1. Negative 



■b2 
’b6 
hi C 



nhbbe positive mo mmsm , separate? , w 

AGENTS HO wm AB GW CA®S A$3X<». WERE ADTISED B£ ROUTING 
SEIP OF NEGATIVE CONTACT.* 



Personal Data: 



cc: Rating 

* 

Coverage. 



ALL ^INFOSSiATIOK CONTAINED 
3JEREIK If 



Date 














STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



Office Wlemorandum 



to i SAC, Gumm® 



from ' s SA 



SUBJECT 



• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



1,9/4/53 





Date of Contact 



: 



Files on Which Contacted : /tfO Xfy , J / S 

t&o-iu/fy w nWi*) /*>- ipffy; / oo -iff* 7 '} fe-iiort; w~nL7, tomtit v^/co-wm, 

Information Received: jo 9 -/x<}-)j idO QbJ /ot'/fefrj ioo -J-«>7f7 

1. Negative 



mBSmfr 6EEA8M0S W $8B383$S0? 

Mm$ $ w \imtt m o«s ca®s iissi&Bm w& aototj m eooti$ 

slip m immm mmm«. 



Personal Data: 



Ratine 



Coverage_ 









SEfllAUZEa,...^^rlUD — 



SEPS 



FBI - C LEVEL 



STANDARD form no. 64 



FD-209 




o UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO : 
PROM : 



SUBJECT : 




DATE: 



h2 

b6 

b7C 



Date of Contact: Z//3/T3 

Files on Which Contacted: /co-Z /00-/i>fo0j /ot>-X 07fl>J W-iJlelj 

/p0-Jt>l7*0. 



Information Received-: 
1. Negative 



mm mwffi nm mmsm*- mmm mm wmm®* 

4 mmo.m mm, m ot mm w mm 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating, 



Coverage 



ALL iNFORSSATlOfc CONTAINED 
HEREIN ISLUNCLASS 
DATE WCJkZl&Q 

3* 











SEARCHED-.- ? *, INDEXED 

SERIALIZED LED_^«A. 

SEP 2 1963 

F81 • CL£V^LAf{6)2_ 


ZIZZZ2& 



STANDARD FORM NO* 64 



FD-209 





Offit 

TO : 

FROM : 



SUBJECT : 




UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 




SECURITY 



DATE: 9^/53 



h2 

he 

b7C 



Date of Contact: t/i </fa 

Files on Which Contacted: iw-loif} 

Information Received-: 

1. Negative 



where positive info received, separate memo submitted. 

AGENTS TO WHOM AB OVE CASES ASSIGNED WERE ADVISED BY ROUTING 
SLIP, OF, NEGATIVE CONTACT. - . - 



Personal Data: 



cc: Rating. 





STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



% % 




Date of Contact: thito 
Files on Which Contacted: 

Information Received: 

1. Negative . . .. 

tsssmmm. ‘ ■ , ? ' 

WHBRB P0SIOT5 JKFO REGBIVBDj SEPAEAfB MHD SUBMIT®., 

AGENTS UO WHOM AB GVS GASES ASSIGNS $BHB AD7JSBH $t EOPPS 
StXP OF SBG&flTE CONXACX. 




FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO. 04 



% 



% 



Office Memorandum. 



UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO • SAC, 



DATE: 



FROM : SA I 



SUBJECT: 






b2 

bo 

b7C 



Date of Contact: i/i/M 

Files on Which Contacted W-rioit>} KO-tWSj leo- nrfVj 
/Oo- 379^ /eo-zotxj /go- /i 339' Ue-Mi/ij /99-<j-j 90yrii-i&{fj 7 &o~ 9 f>S'J 
Information Received: // ' J&o-/ 00/ <} 



1 . Negative 






mm f e $ taw wm wmm% m?mm m® wiw 

Bigots t® v&m m ove o&se as&egees ms adsmj bst ; 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating. 



Coverage 



j&L INFORMATION 0OSTAINED 



SERIALIZED jS&\\£a.. 4tef.. 

SEP 2 1S53 

FBI • CLEVCTLAND 



Mm 



FD-8G 



% % 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 



Transmit the following Teletype message to: BUREAU 

9 - 16-53 



FBI, CLEVELAiq 
DIRECTOR, FBI 



b2 



URGENT 

INFORMANT REQUESTED TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE 
SESSION OF NNLC LEADERS FROLI OHIO, ICCCKIGAN, At© ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 
SEPTEMBER NII'IETSEiJ AND TWENTY TO INAKE PREPARATIONS FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION 
OF I'INLC TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO END OF OCTOBER. BUREAU REQUESTED TO 
AUTHORIZE TRIP OF INFORMANT AND TO AUTHORIZE RSIIOBURSSIENT OF 
EXPENSES UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS; CV DELEGATION EXPECTS TO LEAVE CV OH 
EVENING OF SEPT. EIGHTEEN. 



ASF:CVP 




CC: CHICAGO (EH) 
DETROIT (EH) 



L'C CABE 




Approved: 



Per. 



FFI CLEVELAND 
DIRECTOR. FP.I 



10- 11 AM FUST 



INFORMANT REQUESTED TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE 

SESSION OF NNLC LEADERS FROM OHIO, MICHIGAN,, AND ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 
SEPTEMBER NINETEEN AMD TFENTY -TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR NATIONAL CONVEN- 
TION OF NNLC TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO END OF OCTOBER . BUREAU REQUESTED TC 

AUGK0RI2E. TRIP OF INFORMANT AND TO AUTHORIZE REIMBURSEMENT OF 

\ 

EXPENSES UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS; CV DELEGATION EXPECTS TO LEAVE CV ON 
EVENING OF SEPT. EIGHTEEN. 

HC CAPE' 

CORR PLS FIFTH LINE FIRST FORD SHDPE "AUTHORIZE” 

END ACK PLS 

10-14 AM OK PPI FA JG 

DISC'. 



rror?ra xs «L&a§SFI 29 V 



CLEVELAND 



9.47-53 



WASHINGTON 



URGENT 

REURTEL SEPTEMBER SIXTEEN INSTANT* 

BUREAU AUTHORITY GRANTED TO REIMBURSE INFORMANT IN AN AMOUNT 
UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH' •TRI&’TO 
CHICAGO TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE SESSION OF NATIONAL NEGRO LABOR 
COUNCIL LEADERS* ADVISE BUREAU AND INTERESTED 0$hCES OF 
DEVELOPMENTS IMMEDIATELY UPON INFORMANT’S RETURN* 






bats 








RE MSG*# 75 WA 162220 CV 78 SSS 



RCO 

BCO 




10*59 AM 
11*25 AM 



FD-209 



A ^ 

Office Memorandum • united states government 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



TO 



PROM 



SUBJECT : 




DATE: /O-i'S'3 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



j^ St o^ of - Contactj /#t>- S2.55; TJ S'/ o-boj, 2. 

F il es - on WM - ch Contacte d: 

Information Received: 

1. Negative 

2 . . . 

WHERE POSITIVE INFO RECEIVED* SEPARATE MEMO SUBMITTED* 



AGENTS TO, U ABOVE’ CASES ASSIGNED VJERE ADVISEE ESI ROUTING 
SUB OF NEGATIVE CONTACT* 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating, 



Coverage. 



ALL INFOiSiATIOM CONTAINED 
HEREIN IS JW£LASSJS$5D. ^ V 








UJM-10 




AM 



TQ; CLEVELAND DATF.; 9-17-53 

FROM- WASHINGTON 



URGENT 

REURTEL SEPTEMBER SIXTEEN INSTANT. 
BUREAU AUTHORITY GRANTED TO REIMBURSE INFORMANT IN AN AMOUNT 
UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH TRIP: TO 
CHICAGO TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE SESSION OF NATIONAL NEGRO LABOR 
COUNG1L LEADERS. ADVISE BUREAU AND INTERESTED OFFICES OF 
DEVELOPMENTS IMMEDIATELY UPON INFORMANT’S RETURN. 





CODE WORK:. 
OPERATOR: 



TOR- 10:59 AM 
TOD- 11:25 AM 



If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, 
it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic 
systems. 



FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO* 64 








Office Memorandum • united states government 



to 



FROM 



SUBJECT : 




DATE: /O-f^ J ~3 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



Date of Contact: 

Files on Which Contacted: //< - ; /oo-</f72j j + 0 -/ 93 1 7 j /+t>-/ffV7,' //L-ftf; 

Wo-H) /0o-</7o/; /oo-*3$x; , 00 - %(o<fb 
Information Received-: 

1. Negative 



2 . 



WHERE POSITIVE INFO RECEIVED#. SEPARATE MBKO SUBiITTiSD* 

AGENTS TO WM ABOVE CASES ASSIGNED WERE ADVISED EK ROUTING 
SLIP OP NEGATIVE CffiTACf. 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating. 



Coverage. 



ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED 

S33B3SS«^ 

<3<4S‘%g 





STANDARD FORM NO. 04 



FD-209 









Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



TO 



FROM 



SUBJECT : 




DATE: A?"f-JT3 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



Date of Contact: iM/s* 

Files on Which Contacted: (oo- 7.//7C ; /oe-ZCfou; 77 f; 

. Wo-nZU; /6ho-~r6 7v-/<t£ 

Information Received: 



1. Negative 



BaSSsa mSSm 



WHERE POSITIVE INFO RECEIVED, SEPARATE HEM) SUBMITTED. 

AGENTS TOWHOM ABOVE CASES ASSIGNED WERE ADVISED BY ROUTING 
SLIP OF NEGATIVE CONTACT. 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating. 



Coverage 



ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED 
THEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ^ , 

OATEfei^l-% PY £3 

3t/?9(of^ 




3ERIALI2H 

°CT 1 2 1953 

-ESI - CLE 




FD-209 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



t 






Office Memorandum 



• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



BROM 



SUBJECT : 



TO S SAC, OEEVBLAHD 
SA 



DATE: /O^ 3 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



SECURITY 

Date of Contact: /r3 

Files on Which Contacted: /**• *7*fy; /**'**} /**- 3 */>/,; 

/o&-/i~C3yj /&o ~/*/c>o# i /6o- r&o-j'z-ji-j 
Information Received: 

1. Negative 

WHERE POSITIVE INFO RECEIVED, SEPARATE MEMO SUBMITTED. 



AGENTS TGVJHOM ABOVE CASES ASSIGNED WERE ADVISED BI ROUTING 
SUP OF NEGATIVE CONTACT. 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating_ 



Coverage_ 



S?sT ,ftSMOTAIHED 







iJWKUHtU 

3ERIALI2ED.... < j^iS^LED 

OCT 1 2 1953 

EPI • CLEMELAim. 



x: 







■ ^ 



M5M0 SAC 

100-3327 

100-19U75 

100-231 

IOO-I69 61; 

100-U602 

100-9265 

100 - 1-5908 




Frieda Katz 



Cleveland, Ohio 
October 1^ 1953 



100-88U5 

100-9728 

100-3385 

100-17087 

100-17269 




tones tic 



The To! lowing is m 

ber 28, 1953, by SAl 

s crial ^ ^ 

Date of Activity: 
Place of Activity:- 

Activity: 



-fc of] received on Septem- 

JThe original memo vri.ll be found as 




Cleveland, Ohio 
CEC meeting 



In formant recognize d the follow ing in attendance:! 

FRIEDA KATZ, I I JULIA BROWN . 

~1 an individual named I I who is 

described as white, male, age about 65, heavy, gray hair, wears glasses, 
retired, resides on I I ( Inf ormant subse- 
quently identified a photo of as being the | I referred 

to above) . 

A meeting of the 11th Ward Tenant Committee was also scheduled for 
the evening of September 22. 1953. at the residence of| How- 
ever, since only ! ~lwere present for the 

meeting it was not held. Ins tead l Jdrove 

for the CRC meetingj bid not attend the CRC meeting. 



The meeting was called to order by|_ 
CRC. FRIEDA KATZ then took over and dominatec 
the evening. 

AHRsEGK 



le meeting for the rest oj 









Issriauzed^^/filed^ 

I r ‘ f :T 1 9- 1953 

— ■ CLEVEI Af-n, 









memo sac 



Hie 308 Bill was discussed and leaflets are being prepared for dis- 
tribution which trill urge opposition to this bill, 

FRIEDA KATZ asked for more money for the CRC. She related how 
badly funds are needed to carry on the work of the organization. She said 
that a plan must be worked out to raise money in order to help Mrs. FRANK 
HASHMALL. 



FRIEDA indicated that the CRC has marked up one victory in that 
their efforts to reducB the bond of STEVE NELSON has been successful. The 
CRC was rebuffed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer when an attempt was made to 
get an article published concerning HASHMALL. 

Informant advised that he understands that l l and another 

attorney who worked on the HASHMALL case are being disbarred for contempt 
of court. 



Pledges were sought for bond money for FRANK HASHMALL. Informant 
was unable to determine how much was pledged. Money is also being sought 
for the defense of the Communists who v/ere recently arrested in California. 



JULIA BED'tfN, 



FRIEDA KATZ and 



are planning a trip to Akron to attend sessions of Ohio Un-American 
Activities Commission. The contingent will go on either September 6 or 
September 7, 195>3» 



sold "copies of the "Daily Worker" at’ the meeting. 



bo 

b7C 



Care should be used in the dissemination of the above information 
so as not to disclose the identity of the informant. 



SA 



- 2 - 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



Office Memorandum ° united states government 



to 



FROM 



sag, cismum 



3A 



DATE: 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



SUBJECT : 

S^StJRltfY 

Date of Contact: 3 

Files on Which Contacted: /oo-^oyC 

Information Received: 



1. Negative 

where positive otfd received, separate mo submitted. 

AGENTS © WHOM ABO/E CASED ASSIGNED WERE ADVISED Bt ROOTING 
SUP OF NEGATIVE. CONTACT * 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating, 



' Coverage_ 



ALL INFOB54ATION CONTAINED 

Herein is unclassified - v 
DATE 6ritS£r-Sft-DY«i 







IT 



TT 



3El*-?A * 

OCT i 4 '053 

- ■ ^ 









STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



FD-209 



Office Memorandum • united states government 

DATE: /o/fV/f 3 



to : sac, (sasm^m 

FROM s SA 



b2 

b6 

hlC 



SUBJECT : 



Date of Contact: /o 

Files on Which Contacted: //(,- UT-tf} /ov'/tty; /o>o- 2 jn 9 j 

f'Jo-yf' ’ /l/o- 77 l /cro -2.007 if 

Information Received: y 

1 . Negative * 



wmmm 



mm vmnm mm mwm» &?&&& mm mmmd* 

MB86 ID WHO! CASBD ASSIGNED KBBB ABTX8 ED K ROJSIH& 

sum ffl ssmmu cmtm* 



Personal Data: 



cc: Rating 

Coverage 



ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED 

■3^ snap 






'f ■' 



900 . Standard Building 
Cleveland 13, Ohio 




... ' ‘ V-',. v ' .October '20, '1953' 

.Bir0tor,.PBX .(100-382107) 




- Bear Sirs 

* n - . ■ * 




b7C 



s ^^Idt liri7^53> approved' by the Bureau ij,-27-^3* which- authorized v 

paynent to captioned informant at the. ; rate .of $175.00 per month for services* ’ 
plus actual normal e^enses incurred, ' for a six monthVperiod terminating . 

1^1553; '•*, r - j •„ ;/ - V • 



- V-* ‘Silte&.’submispipR of. fffdrahced - Pleveland lettey, this ’informant? ; : ' ■ 

5 , ■ has '•submi^teg* .i#“ typewritten reports ;.arid a-.vea^ large' aiaount of ■ Gommist; . ••• ' •; - >• 

..... literature* .She cor^inuestoVdevpte. most bf her time to ..Communist adtiviiies*. : 

•’/; \Mnie informant continues • as Chairman of, the I Defense . : .'v :v / 

i * . 5 Committee (Bttfile 100-366821);’ and is particularly active in this organization# 

. • ..-i'v in addition," continues to be very- active in the National . 

v- ' itegrp->iabor Council, of.'^ich'she .ls- an officer* .the .Civil. Rights Congress'* 

*■' - :the. Sojourners for Truth and Justice * .anduthp Pa&gressive 'Party. Tjhe- informant V 
_o.-;,;;--! , "HiBi&_' vea5r close contact with FRIEDA .KATZ, who was. arrested October 6 } 1933,- £^ : ;. 

: - . ■ on charges of violating the Smith- Act, and continues to m^ntaih : KA.T& , s .cbn-? ’ 

fiderice. The informant also has close contact with many other CP members and - - ' 
v^f- 1 vJ'V'sia'Jirell- ipegaxdedi hy them;'- - - \ : •; ' • •• 

: V '' ; It'is therefore;.^ ^t-vjkutiiQrity 'he ' granted to- continue - ' 

' IV ! - « ’■payments, toHhe . above informant up: to $175.00 per month :fbr services# plug .0 .. 

• ?■ .actual normal expenses incurred, for 4 period of six months, effective - ■ ’ ■ • : 

; ;:v;:?N^mber l, 1953.- j; v , ’ ; ■ ./-y * - v>\ C • 




tf tf 



STANDARD FORM NO. 64 




# $ 

ce Memorandum • united states government 



TO S SAC 



date: October ZL, 1953 



BROM : SA | 



SUBJECT: 



b2 

b6 

b7C 



On October X2, 1953. . SA | "l and the writer personally 

contacted She was paid $235*10 representing payment 

for the following: 



Services September 1, to October 1, 1953 $175.00 
Expenses September 1, to October 1, 1953 39*10 
Expenses Chicago September 19,20, 1 953 21.00 

$235*10 



Expense sheets attached. 



SA BURGINS will be the npnt.a <■»+. oH a ^ on-f. -p/vr. 



hereafter, 






this informant 



ASPtovn 





t 



* “ V 1 , i 

J ^ 




0 F P I C E _ M E K 0 R A N D U I-.! UNITED STATES GGlUBRNMENT 

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-37662) (RM) DaTE: 10-21-53 

FROM- : SAC, CBJCIO&TI (100-9171) 

SUBJECT: RESIDENT C0BHTT3E MEETING OF S3SLC 

SEPTEMBER 20, 1953, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
IS - C 



The follow ing is a lo 

dated 9/22/ 53 which was received by SA 

I I The original of this report is being retained 



page handwritten report 
on 9/24/53 from 

In Cincinnati file 



b2 
Jo 6 
b7C 

b7D 



Cincinnati, Ohio 
September 22, 1953 



Dear Sir:. 



9/20/53, Sunday Morning 1 s s-. ssion of the 
N.N.L.G. Resident Committee began at A.M in Room AQ2-3 of Pershing 

Hotel at which timel . f 

| It was decided bjr the group that the meeting would 

continue until all business was completed with. out recess. 



The chairman called for the report of the con- 
vention Arrangement s Committee by 



the convention would be held in the Ball Room and 



Beige Room of the Pershing Hotel October 30-31 November 1. inclusive, that 
the registration would be % 2 . 50 per delegates; That though the facilities 
are tentatively tied tip, no money was available to date to put down on the 
cost of $3 50.00. He also stated that a. dance would be held in the Beige 
Room at a cost of $250.00. The music had not been secured as the problem 
of choice of either a 7 or 8 piece band had not been decided. The cost 



b2 

b6 

b7C 

b7D 



HWG:RMH 



C0: 



- Chicago (RK) 

- Cleveland (Rib) 

- Detroit (RM) 

- Newark (RM) 

- New York (HSQ 

- San Francisco (RM) 

- Washington Field 



fl5^%5SS!» 




!| 




< . 




t 



Report of I 



dated 9/22/53 



per man is either &L9.00 or §20.00 and there was not a clear understanding 
as to the requirements of the union (It was stated by ano ther member that 
the Beige Room required S pieces according to union ruil.es. 
that the Ballroom would seat about 1500 persons and that number of chairs 
were being secured. 



b2 

b6 

b7C 

b7D 



He stated that typewriters and mimeograph 
machines were being secured in sufficient numbers to take care of the 
clerical work of the convention j also typists and stenographers of the 
most efficient type that Chicago affords. 

All the meetings (business ) are to be held in 
the Ball room, r Hass rally is to be held at a churchy which has not yet 
been selected, due to the fact, one of sufficient size and proper location 
is to be 'taken into^ consideration. This report was received a fter being 
discussed by the group. A specia l phase was th en presented by 
that of the Hugh Bryson Frame up. | [ stated that the m ny leaders 

of labor were being jepordized and. asked that something be done by the 
council to show that they had the support of the council. He stated that 
his union the karine Cooks & Stewards was the one union that had followed 
to the letter the program of the council. It was- voted that the council 
donate $25.00 from its National treasury to the defense fund for Brysons 
defense. 



of Detroit in 



The Railroad committes repor t was 



made by[j 



In the discussion, it was pointed out by | ~ 

that there is not enough concrete material on the many hiring phases 
and departments of the railroads to really do a good job of attacking” the 
railroad problem. He stated that he had compiled quite a bit of materials 
and would hs glad to submit it to the committee for them to build the 
ground work for its future action. The report was received by be vote of 
the group. 



be 

b7C 



was 



The rep ort of the Church Mobilization Committe e 
in the T 



In the discussion of this report it was suggested 
that the committee compile Memos on how to work best with the churches. 



- 2 - 




citing the work of Cleveland, Chica go and others that have successfully 
coordinated the work of the local councils with the churches of the com- 
munities. 

It was brought out b- d I that I I 

knew how to contact the heads of the various churches and he would 
supervise the sending of invitations to the Ministers of America both 
white and colored. 

asked th at if there w ere any 

"Labor and Religion" groups in any of the cities would appreciate 

receiving the names of the Presidents of such grouos. 

. The report of the Defense Committee was made- be 

by I I who r eported that the committed would work with the attorney. b7c 

and would work as he advises to the best of the council. 

This report was received. Bert Washington, 

Chairman was absent. 

The last phase on the Agenda. Finan ce, was 

then I | of the 

, he would not read the entire report but gave 

the balance in treasury which was ■’129.71. Of this amount 25.00 had been 
voted out for "ugh Bryson defense and the bslance was $4.71. Be stated 
that the financing of the convention depends on the money which comes from 
the local councils and especially the six Fajor Councils which were wir ed 
and asked to send $500.00 each to finance the convention. To date none 
had responded and it was feared that the same thing would happen as had 
occurred in previous 7/ears, that money would have to be borrowed to get 
the convention under way. He stated that each member was assessed $5.00 and 
the ads were to be sold none of xli ich has come in to the National Headquarters. 

He was asked how much money would be needed to finance the convention, 
after conferring with the chairman of Arrangements, he said that ^5000.00 
$3000.00 for National Headquarters and $2000.00 for the host council. 

Ke pointed out that $900.00 was now due to be paid for the printing of 
the calls. (10,000 copies already printed and 40,000 to be printed. 

The . discussion which followed was led by the 
chairman who presented a check for $150.00 from his Local in '•-.Tashington D.C., 



- 3 - 




1 

W* 1 



c 





dated 9/22/53 



the Cafeteria waiters and stewards. 



reported that she had 



mislaid a check (blank) which she was to have drawn for &110.00 fo r 

J A • 1 J* . 1 -1 ■> • -i i ^ t 



Cleveland Council and she would mail smother Monday. i 
Chicago Council had $40.00 to be given immediately andT 
a check for bjl50.00 and pledged 



b2 

be 

b7C 

b7D 



said the 



the Yew ‘.fork Council 



~| brought 

H, additional c .100 . 00 at an early date from 



paid her assessment of '^5.00 



t related that she felt that the unions 

should share the expense but said she had been flatly refused by the head of 
her union when she presented the ca.use in s. meeting. He refused on the 
ground that he council was being listed as subversive. 



A (Chicago labor official who attended 

this session only, wanted to enlist the backing of the council because of 
the vicious attacks on labor leaders because even he might be next to be 
attacked . 



f [was authorized, by the bodv to 

borrow $500.00 in order to definitely secure the hotel Ballroom. 

The quest ion of whether a paid publicity person 

should be secured. did not favor hiring such a person 

unless the money was in hand to pay him. He made amotion to this effect 
which passed with a .2 vote majority. 



b6 

b7C 



The six Major Councils are New York, New Jersey, 
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and California. 

Meeting adjourned at 2:45 P.M. 



Those in attendance on Sunday were : 



1. 

2 . 

3. 

4. 

5. 



Abel 



- Washington 



]- Chicago 



Morri s - Chicago 
| - Chicago 



D.C. 



bo 

b7C 



•4- 







.Report of 



dated 9/22/53 



6 . 

7. 

8 . 

9. 

10 . 

11 . 

12 . 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16 . 
T J . 
IS. 

19, 

20 . 
21 . 
22 . 

23. 

24. 

25. 



1 - C leve land 

- Detroit 
Detroit 

- Chicago white 
- California 
Chicago came late 

Detroit 

- Ner Jersey 



P- Detroit 
Chicago 
- Cleveland 
I- E.Y. 



Julia C Brown - Cleveland 

- Detroit 

- Cleveland 



[Chicago 
1 Cincinnati 

I - Detroit 



Chicago 



3 men - unidentified 
6 women - unidentified 



b 
b 
b7C 
b7D 



\ 



- 5 - 



eg 



mi GimmMp 



■DIRECTOR FBI 



.-BUREAU: 




20-29-53 



•URGENT' 



|REBD1ET 10-28-53 AIR) miRTEEi 10-28-53 BOTH CAPTIONED . 

SECURITY INFORMANTS; CLEVELAND DIVISION. INASMUCH AS CAPTIOIIED INFORMANT ^ 
IS BEING SUB JECT TO A GREAT BEAU OF PRESSURE TO UCIEDIATELY ?4&KE A 
GOSmBUTlON OF AT- LEAST #250.00 FOR THE DEFENSe’FOR THE BJDIGTEB mSTB , v- - 
. . AQT SUBJECTS. IN THIS AREAAH SET FORTH 'IN RE AIRTEL. ■ XT IS REQUESTED THAT - 
. AUTHORIZATION BE GRANTED FOR THE lilFCRHANT' ,T0 BAKE A CONTRIBUTION OF \ 

C #100.00 TO BE PAID. HI MONTHLY JSSSMJimmB OF #25.00. IT IS NOTED THAT 
"’ THIS INFOEMCT IS0 ALMOST. DAILY CONTACT HTH FRIEDA 'KATZ^ .INDICTED : ' . ; 

. SMITH ACT SUBJECT IZHO IS HEADING THIS FUND 3SRIVE, AND TBA.T- THE II^ORiAHT ; ’ 
' IS ALSO’ IN CHARGE OF THE CRC OFFICE IN C?’ EACH AFTERNOON, T2HICH ACTIVITIES: 

, SUBJECT INFORMANT TO AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT. OF PRESSURE TO BAKE CONTRIBUTIONS. ' 

’ t THE INFORMANT HAS, ALREADY CONTRIBUTED §25 .00 .AND 33?/ IS ANTICIPATED THAT - 
THIS AMOUNT TOLL BE PAID OUT OF THE REGULAR EKPENSe' aCTHORIZATI0N. IT ' ■ 

■ ; IS FELT THAT THIS #25.00 CONTRIBUTION PLUS THE #100.00 REQUESTED HEREIN.' 

REPRESENTS THE ?IIN)EiffiI;CONTRIBCTiaf NECESSARY AT THIS: TIME IN ORDER FOR ", , * 

■ THE HCFOEMANT, TO MAINTAIN HER POSITION SI THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT..;- 

•: MC CABE ' • 1\ •' '• • > ' • * •• =rfOff~7\ . 'CF^rr^n . 



RSB i^msp^u 






ncr//, 






Uiy V-iM 

hi •.'T'ii ;-.S 

Mi r F \ - 1 



* W~i-* Lv — J * — > — -i L. — 



U 1- 



>*. 'b , 







900 Standard Building 
Cleveland 13, Ohio „■ 



; t ;‘0ctoher 20, a^3 
: cotriteAL 



, Re: 



*. Director, FBI . . (100-38210?) ' 

• Dear Sir: . . . ,-V »* ' \\ -V.' .' •* ! bb b 

‘ - Remylet ; 1KL7-53, approved, by the ' Bureau' h-27-<53 . wMnh an+wb-Msb 

SST&Sitt* the rate of $175.00 per month for services,' 

S^mblr^ ° x ? maes for a elm month period terminating 

■ ^0-1 ■ -u .**• Cleveland letter. 1 this informant ‘ » 

- -jS*2§?*Sta ^ por f s - “*fJW^RW amount' dif Oommnnist, ' 

- litepatnre.. Sho continues to derote moat of hor.tine to' Oommuniat aotlviUes. 

‘ •* j 1 ® informant continues as Chairman of the I ^ 

.• Committee (Bufile 100-^3668213 and >« 



-b2 

[be ■ 
Vb7C 



as Chairman of the JOttem*- • - 

;V Gomnn.tte? ; (Bufile 100^66821) and is. particularly' active in ‘this o^anizatidn. ■ 

■" " i rb J t ~ ■ ■ * \ \ t **. f , f- 1 ;"*■ < * '/_>/< V- “h 1 . . a ; - . *r 

* — ■ ■ > <. bn addition, - continues to. be very, active in the 'Wationai ••' 
.-.•Ifegrp, labor Council, of T^idh she ig: 'an officer^ the/Civil; Rights Congress* 

the Sojourners for- Truth; and; justice, -and the .Progressive Party. Th?SdrmW+ . 
"J. close., contact' with. FRJ^DJ^ K^V;wfcb was arrested October- 1933 

• :? n . Qhorges -of .yxolatiite’ the Smith Act. and. cbntfnnps +.<-i 



- recpnpended that, authority -be 'granted' to' continue" - 

NovSer ^SS? 8 ” 368 noU1;red ’ f0!? 3 perioa °f BSx “ nth ?> effective^ .* 



'C'"' '• »* 



APPROVED b, 

r _^ y ’ j - * , > 




RSB:A0 


if. b’b . , f ,v ^ * ; 




!'■ Git \ "•/ ■' 



, 7ery truly v oura 



t*#- a r|s;isss 2 ; -2 ■?> b ' 2 b 

b „ '• V' . '*‘b - .. N* H. McGabef^,'.; 1 '. «, 

.•* s - v„ ' -. <V ; •• .• '•Jain - ... ' *1 



registered mail 






^ y , r* w — — — *«vuau 

; ■■■ - 840 : 

9k^ f: - r= 

„.r ' - 'tei*'- ■ * • •• 










MEMO , SAC 

100-15908 
100-16964 
100-17258 
100-17269 
100-5385 
100-86 49 



October 30, 1953 





100-1,6574 1 




IS GI SLAT I Oil 
DOMESTIC 


100-231 r 

100-15369 




100-11731 

100-18406 



■FRIEDA EAT 4 • 




received 



The following is the oral report ofL — , r . 

by gi j ~ ~ Inn 10/7/55. The original memo will be 

found as serial_ £ "iff. 



b2 

b6 

b7C 

b7D 



10/6/53 

Ct. House, Akron, Ohio 
Ohio Unamerican activities 
Commission Hearings 
Informant advised the following i ndividuals from Cleveland , 



Date of Activity: 
Place of Activity: 
Activity: 



m-vin a-fr-hftr.rierl the hearings on this date: 

and JULIA BROvj; . 



Jo 6 
b7C 



This group attended the hearings as friends of the persons 
testifying rather than as representatives of the C.R.C.- A 
greater number from Cleveland originally planned to attend but 
failed to appear after the word had been passed around that 
FRIEDA KATA had been arrested on the morning of 10/6/53* FRIEDA 
KATZ had planned on taking a sum of money •( amount unknown to in- 
formant) to Akron for the benefit of FRAKK UA8HM All * JRowever , 
this money was not delievered by anyone else and FRIEDA KaTzj was 
unable to make the trip herself. 

The gr oup arrived at the hearing at about 11:00 A.F. 

^had been on the stand since 10:00 A. M. Duri ng, the 
re mainder of the dai an individual by the name of | n pbonetic) 



ancd 



were 



furnis hed some per s ona 1 



al 

al[ 

ist 



so on the stand. All these individuals 



may be identical wit 



* 



of Akron, 0,)' history information to the Commission but 



on mos t questions they assert ed their rights u nder the 5th 



Amendment to the Constitution 
that he would handle his own 



jtold the Commission 
case without; benefit of counsel. 



Informant recalled that 



at the 



Lincoln-Douglas Banquet held in February , 1953 at Kinsman Hall, 

yA' 



b2 

•bo 

b7C 

b7D 



- n o 



ALL IUFOK&kTldh GQSfAXHED 

EKSaSESSP 










.* 




MEMO SAO 

Cle ve land , Ohio . 



I ffRIEDA* s arrest . She went on to say “this 
is no "time to quit fighting, but we must fight all the harden 1 * , 
or words to that effect. 




witness . 



b6 

b7C 

b7D 



was with the Cleveland contingent all day, 



even during lunch. 

Informant advised that should have been 

arrested also because he is more deeply involved in Communist 
matters than FRIEDA KAT^i . " 

Cctre should be used in disseminating the above information 
so as not to reveal the identity of the informant. 



SA 



2 




je 

Office Mxnmndum 



UNITED STmES GOVERNMENT 




to i SAC, Cleveland 



: director, FBI (100-367632) 



SUBJECT: NATIONAL NEGRO LABOR COUNCIL 
INTERNAL SECURITY - C 
INTERNAL SECURITY ACT OF 1950 



nm-. November 2, 1953 




QeButel September 16, 1953, capt 
granting authority to reimburse 



joned 



/or expenses in connection with his attendance at 
the Executive Session in Chicago, Illinois, of 
National Negro Labor Council leaders . You were 
instructed to advise the Bureau and interested 
offices developments regarding this session 
immediately upon the informant's return . 

You are instructed to immediately furnish 
the Bureau with the details of the informarfiLs. 
report concerning this Executive Session . 



OP 



ijfl' 






i U I BFqpUTltt OBTAINED 



BRfelf I MUSSML* . v ^ 



bo 

b7C 




STANDARD FORM NO. M 



FD-209 



Office Memorandum • united states government 



TO 



FROM 



SUBJECT : 



SA 



mrnmms 




DATE: b6 






' ^ b7C 



Date of Contact 
Files on Which Contacted 
Information Received-: 

1. Negative 
2®¥§ 



: so/,* ib-3 - /*- ' ** 9 - F *‘ 

' 3 _ seta ~ 

/00-;773tf j /*<?-/ 






tws fOS£?M INFO »S3»| W8 SDBmffSD, 

to mm mm ms mnimm mm mzsm. m mmm 
cmm* 



Personal Data: 



cc: 



Rating, 



Coverage, 



ALL INFOttuU’iUff CONTAINED 
HEREIN rs UNCLASSIFIED, _ X . 





EXPENSE FOE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1933 



Rental of Typewriter 



$3.00 



OCT. 4th To 33th & Woodland Ave & Home 



- i.3o 



'* 3th To l3lst St to Berkshire Ave, to 

From Ashbury, to Berkshire to l3lst St & home 
6th To 93rd & Kinsman, to l3lst St to Byron Ave - 



2.00 



To 33. rd & Cedar, to Central Ave to 33th & Woodland Ave - 2.00 

To Akron Ohio — — — - 4.00 



Food for the day for two 



3.00 



From Akron to 33th & Woodland, to E. 33rd & Cedar & home - 4.00 



7th To 



From 



To & From 



. to l3lst St & Home - - 1.30 



13th To Federal Bldg & Home -1.30 

Lunch for four _ - - - 1.63 

Parking of car — - .83 

16th To 33lst St, to 6th & Superior, to Jail, to H6th & 

Corlette 2.30 



From Corlette Ave. to Bus station to jail & Home 22. 30 

For candy, cigarettes, and Fruit for prisoners 2.20 



19th To 



22nd, 23rd, 26th to| 
28th To 



& home 2.00 



& home 



1.73 



& Home (three days) 3.23 



& home . 1.73 



29th To l3lst St tol 

jail, back to l3lst St. & home 




Donate nuts for prisoners 2.03 

Raffle tickets for N.L.C. *1.00 

$fc>0.i>0 

Check for Defense of Smith Kct Subjects 23.00 



C -a r 

to*;" < 6 i-ipi^ ) . 







3>a^3 



' '• BA 6 f /&o*©Wi ’ : (%W»ilQ®?h 



%mil&. GAL . SECSElO# 



.ony.ci'inix.^- op ttt&ss co«‘a; 
. etos, ’ wcsso • o/ucR^r • . ' 
n&mirj:, . tmutvis •:• / .: . *• • 






Sftfo^fc^q&'tt»$dr . ;‘S©p&s*ato ■' oolr^f : £&i» .j&iq ", afcften'14 on ; ;Of‘ ' 
tho- nQ$b&*&esCL. - ; ard' 's&ild .of/-' •••>-■ 

* 3 i> mV filB ohoto/^a^lm ’ 

lists*' ^fteipfcs*\-Sn& m i aotoll&io .ii ife ot&ei* itnttia 

V-M.-lky. mrVllp'nlft ’hy ] | feO Sits- 1 

£ftd .©ft HoW'obfex 1 - 1 . 0 > ,- 1953 '* •" " .• . ,.' ,. ; 






. . ^ l 9 S&i tVG;t,/,... //'V/ t-f;' " '■ V‘ : - G V :V..'e--,t "’I 

' •' It' is aofeC’iV tli&it Hjjia tfc& '&0gaX. .dqoefiig _ .4ft 
• ' material- iftatffiuch.' as- hft : -i^ap: t &!$%:' , : v : 

'- ■' ut?}t[, oi . thq .Ipfcii© -Bill'' ftf {^tsfdrQ»^qr v to 1 . ; '.:•/ 

’. ’ --ife 'jfro&'tho' kttiis g&xd;^t«i ©& ' 

•/. w£$: %Tm&Mvk. the 



•;-.*/ J$th4' s&Ottld. tliftft ,!>©.' fqrnta&Fj®&:$Q fch* • ■ : 



&SJ 3 sii?£ 



* . ^ , 




HiB'- 



iifiii 



tin. 







Direoto, -FS£ (100-367632). 






Lecesiber 3 > .'1953 



... S&Gj Cleveland (100-19935) 



TfATIOm^mmO USOff GO WCIl ; ■ ' .■ 

lH5SE’Tal B130WIX3T'- Gj - : ^ ' 

ll^Walu rSCWXW-ACl OF- 1950 ' ^EOI^SIFXJ® 





Befeiiai ll/2/£3*' : •?•■ - \: ; : • ■ yffT; 

R.eiot' requests: that -th$ details of I I p abort " ■;_ , - 

nondsmi ng-the ©ejsoutive Session ,d£ the^ WLC : held dh:V'i 
Chi edge ob S^ptoiaber 19* 20* /1953 V 

%q the l?:.ire&hV' : . , V. ’ '\ % r' •■ • V 5- >.• 

the 5oll6win?£- 'is' a'sumiftary of thQ rOpb.pt .-V. 

\pono03?®:i»g'.%^dL» Abating: *\ --v - .‘V’V/ . : V .■ 

The Bsteeutivb Bw;d- iae?ifl5 arsf ot t lie- iSj&C. ; mbi'v% Chicago, ' 
.Illinois .at the ^a^ahing 
A venue* ob September 19~20* 1953*' 
mite* pres9ht.,lBciucll’Bg reprebentatl ?&.a K p#c& :$&o6;j8p f 



The nhrpoe© of the Seating was. to H&ko plans for the • •,.?« 
ITationai.. Commb%o& of. the.SKLC; which was tentatively . ., ; 
scheduled ’ -to. be'^ ^ held 'In :Gh^> ca'fihjt /Illinois**. October 20th. 
-to November 1953* •. 4" '•’.•• ’■;> W ■ ,< /wVV> . -V 



: 0n' September 19* 195.3 > I Knot, fnrthet;, iden- ;. 

ti f i e d } sorv o& . as ohai ■man and the' day . was ‘'spent'; foiinircf 
. QbfBmi'tioe.h "s uoh ' As the ghuych'V,Oci4v5it.tee dnl the Hall- 
“road tie©* /and iwpesnls'V "Informant' could ; 

funhish no information concerninte the purpose©. o'f .,tho :, •. 
.■Rallroai Cosmlttee-' other than to. recruit; railroad - v'-.yl 
workers -into, thsWbgr 0 Labor /Opnhc-il* J/Xh^rte^ 
that the - parses©* of the •.C8^chtbGoi^5(itee-'’ijas io'recpuit^ 

•RSBjgifo J - ■ ;. ; _ . -• ,-v , - • ; -,'./ - - - T^.'' '' : 4 



fRSmBlisriTHilL' 



mu^WV! 






saidwsiti. 



Director, l&B. 



December ;3.:, 1903 • 



'church mo^er^glg^ O^on^vm^i those . ;; ;.' 

churches itfoo'fffi 'btf& “ iae#b or- - ’/ • 

shlp j ro tated -ho tias^ertMh that Sd^HohsO.— . " :f; 

members could bo secured in. this manaorv' / . ! ■'• ■»*•••• ,'■' 



proposals.-. made ^y;the. Church domitbee vg&e' gasped,- idhances 
were- discus sad .and it was' decided that ©ach, niambar of the - * 
liggro Labor ; Council is to ha assessed ‘05*Q.O to help defray. 

. the,. expenses of . the llational CouventiPhi ; Ihe aikneehser were 

^ - ju ji j- ^ ^ /‘•r/sx rm . « «v, i * -- v v v- v/ j 1 .»*■'' 



m& $$0Q+Q&\xn& "from, Cleireiiia*5>\ ' ©i# . m&tiegr ppQffiti sad 

from 'these cities t-ms to be raised by tho iWegro Dshor Council , 
mombors . in .fe? Ydrfe shd ..Cleveland,' -.' £ ■>• .. 



• ■ '*.•• ' . lutoresMd. off ices have 'proyiou'rl y'boah Varnished. 
copies of the inform&nt’s/reoo^t concerning thi 1 : §x,ocutiv q - 
. Session*' > ‘ -* . .'. ■ ©' ... ■■ . ■ ■,. . • *' 





Date of Contact: //f. £/o3* 

Files on Which Contacted: sea 



Information Received: 
1. Negative 



sv*-r*j- 



WBB8 FOSlTIVB BfFO REGEIVBD, SEPARATE MEMO SUBMIT JED. 

4ffi®ttS fO H© ABOVE CASES ASSIGNED 1ESE ADVISED BY ROUTING 
SLIP OP NEGATIVE CONTACT* ' 



Personal Data: 




STANDARD FORM NO. 64 



PD-209 



Office Memorandum • united states government 



, g£Q ^ 




DATE: /f/Mbg 



FROM : 



SUBJECT : 



. 3A 





Date of Contact: & 

Files on Which Contacted: /<?<?— < ?7S‘7j ^ 

s**-**' 73 J 

Information Received: ' <£>0 ~ 

1. Negative ''00-/7670} 






mm® mmm wm mmim* $sws mea mmmm* 



mm& m mm mm mm 

®m m mmxm mm* 



mwmm « bj » mmm m mma 



Personal Data: 



Ratine 



Coverage, 



^LL INFOUSslATIOs: CONTAINED 



3 <ziV.^:\ r fL-'-D